Braves ride four home runs, stellar pitching to shutout of Phillies

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The Atlanta Braves hit four home runs, three coming in the second inning, and Reynaldo Lopez pitched six scoreless innings to overpower the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 6-0 in the rubber game of their series on Sunday.

The Braves won the final two games of the series, improved to 4-2 against the Phillies and cut Philadelphia's lead in the National League East to eight games.