In the bottom of the inning, Chipper Jones singled with two outs and stole second before Adam LaRoche was intentionally walked to bring up Francoeur. He blooped a double to shallow center off Gary Majewski (2-2), and Atlanta won its second straight in the three-game series.
Astros 3, Phillies 2
At Houston, Roger Clemens pitched seven innings, and the streaking Astros benefited from a fielding gaffe by Philadelphia pitcher Vicente Padilla.
The Astros won their fourth straight and 10th in 11 games. They swept the three-game series, beating the Phillies for the ninth straight time and improving to 18-2 in their last 20 home games.
Clemens (9-4) gave up six hits, walked two and struck out four. His major league-leading ERA is 1.46 after his sixth win in his last seven decisions. Brad Lidge pitched the ninth for his 24th save.
Orlando Palmeiro doubled in the first run in the second, and later scored when Padilla (5-9) failed to catch a popped up bunt by Brad Ausmus. Lance Berkman added an RBI single in the third.
Chase Utley and Mike Lieberthal had RBIs for Philadelphia.
Marlins 3, Pirates 1
At Miami, Juan Encarnacion and Damion Easley homered, and Jason Vargas pitched three scoreless innings after a second rain delay for his first major league victory.
Encarnacion hit a two-run shot in the fourth off Ryan Vogelsong (0-1). Easley had a solo homer off Salomon Torres in the seventh.
Vargas (1-0) retired nine of the 10 batters he faced. He struck out five of the first six after taking over for Ismael Valdez. Todd Jones pitched the ninth for his 17th save.
Pittsburgh rookie Chris Duffy went 3-for-4, including an RBI single in the seventh. Duffy, 4-for-5 in Pittsburgh's 6-3 win Tuesday, singled and tripled in his first two at-bats to give him six consecutive hits.
Other games
In other National League action, the Mets beat the Rockies 9-3 at Denver, the Padres beat the Cardinals 2-1 at San Diego and the Reds beat the Dodgers 7-6 at Los Angeles.
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