• Preview
• Recap
• Bleachers

Braves eyeing first road sweep of the season

Jun 15, 2008 - 2:32 PM Atlanta (34-35) at LA Angels (41-28), 8:05 pm EDT

ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- Chipper Jones is having a remarkable season, but it's a different Jones who might lead the Atlanta Braves to their first sweep away from Turner Field this season.

Rookie Brandon Jones will try to help the Braves complete a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Sunday.

Playing in his third major league contest, the 24-year-old Jones blasted his first career home run Saturday as Atlanta posted a 9-4 triumph. He is 5-for-8 (.625) with a double and two RBI over the first two games of this series.

Angles starter Joe Saunders (9-3, 3.32 ERA) will attempt to contain Jones and become the third pitcher in the American League to reach the 10-win plateau, joining Cleveland's Cliff Lee and New York's Mike Mussina.

Saunders failed to reach that mark in his last outing, relinquishing eight runs and nine hits over 4 2/3 innings during Monday's 13-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.

The injury-plagued Braves will send rookie righthander Jorge Campillo (2-0, 2.15) to the mound. The 29-year-old Mexican has been used as both a starter and reliever this season with John Smoltz, Tom Glavine and Mike Hampton all on the disabled list.