Jones had a sacrifice fly and RBI double in the nightcap and a solo homer and a double in the opener, a 6-5 victory for Atlanta. The Braves were making a quick stop in New York to play two games postponed Aug. 27-28 after being handed their first three-game sweep of the season, by the Phillies.
The Braves next head to St. Louis for a crucial series with the team they lead in the wild-card race by 7 1/2 games. Only several hundred fans were on hand to see the start of the twinbill at 4:10 p.m. A few thousand more sat through a misty rain in the nightcap, though the announced attendance was 25,953.
In Washington, Tony Gwynn hit a tiebreaking double in the ninth inning and the Dodgers beat the Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday.
Gwynn drove in Jerry Sands and Rod Barajas with a long double to center off Drew Storen (6-3). Dee Gordon added a run-scoring single-setting a career high with his fourth hit of the game.
Mike MacDougal (3-1), the Dodgers' sixth pitcher, worked a scoreless eighth for the win. Javy Guerra pitched the ninth for his 16th save. Six Los Angeles relievers held Washington hitless over the last 6 1-3 innings.
The second game of the doubleheader was later rained out.
In Milwaukee, Cole Hamels pitched a four-hitter and Hunter Pence's triple keyed a six-run sixth inning as the Phillies beat the Brewers.
Hamels (14-7) gave up solo home runs to Yuniesky Betancourt and Corey Hart, but kept Milwaukee from mounting any big innings in a game between two best teams in the National League.
The Phillies managed only one hit off Chris Narveson (10-7) the first 5 2-3 innings, but then broke through for six runs by getting seven consecutive batters on base to chase the Milwaukee starter in the sixth. Philadelphia had 11 of its 12 hits in the final 3 1-3 innings to win its fourth straight.
Pence also had a run-scoring double in the ninth and finished with three RBIs.
In Phoenix, Ian Kennedy struck out a season-high 11 over seven-plus innings for his National League-leading 19th win as the Diamondbacks beat the Padres.
Kennedy (19-4) scattered seven hits and did not walk a batter over 7 2-3 innings. The right-hander joined Detroit's Justin Verlander and New York Yankees ace C.C. Sabathia as the majors' only 19-game winners.
J.J. Putz pitched the ninth for his 38th save.
Justin Upton hit his career-best 29th home run for the Diamondbacks, who won for the 14th time in 16 games to open a 7 1/2 -game lead over San Francisco in the NL West.
Corey Luebke (5-9) allowed two runs and three hits over 5 2-3 innings. He walked four and struck out nine.
