Never mind what it says on the deed and other legal documents. For the time being, the Philadelphia Phillies have assumed ownership of the Braves and Turner Field.

The Phillies continued their recent mastery of the Braves with a 7-3 win Wednesday night — their fifth win in five games at Turner Field in the past 26 days, and their sixth win in seven games against the Braves this season.

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Philadelphia Phillies' Chris Coste is tagged out by Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann as he tries to score on a Adam Eaton single in the second inning.

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"It's a rough time around here right now," said Chipper Jones, whose 403rd homer was one of the few highlights for the fourth-place Braves, who have lost six of eight games to fall to six games off the lead in the National League East.

"A lot of guys are struggling, especially with runners on base," he continued. "No one's excluded. It's not just one guy. It's everybody."

Mark Teixeira provided a fleeting moment of hope in the ninth inning with a two-out, bases-loaded liner toward the right-field seats. It hooked foul by 15 feet, and Teixeira struck out against closer Brad Lidge to end the game.

Ryan Howard's three-run homer off Jorge Campillo (3-3) in the third inning gave the division leaders a 4-0 lead, and the Braves spent most of a second straight night wasting scoring opportunities and trying in vain to rally.

"That was the pitch of the game, for me," Campillo (3-3) said of the curveball crushed by Howard, who has 20 homers and 58 RBIs in 52 games against the Braves since 2005. "He's a strong guy. Very, very strong guy."

The Braves went 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position, after going 1-for-15 in those situations Tuesday in an 8-3 loss in the series opener.

Slumping Jeff Francoeur went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts and grounded into a double play with the bases loaded in the sixth inning. The erstwhile hometown hero from Lilburn was booed by quite a few in the crowd of 30,138.

"We have to start winning these games against our division opponents, everybody knows that," said Brian McCann, who flied out with the bases loaded to end the third inning. "We're playing hard. We're just not getting the big hit."

The Phillies have won eight of their past 10 series at Turner Field, including sweeps in two of the past three. They'll go for another sweep tonight.

Braves rookie Jair Jurrjens (8-3) will face Phillies ace Cole Hamels (8-5), who has won who has won four straight starts against the Braves.

"Any time you beat another team's No. 1 [pitcher], you can use it for some confidence going forward," Jones said. "We certainly could use any confidence builder, in any way, shape or form."

Jurrjens needs to perform better than starters Charlie Morton and Campillo, who between them gave up 10 runs, 16 hits and four homers in seven innings during the first two games of the series.

Campillo had his worst start, surrendering five runs and eight hits in five innings, including the 21st homers each by Howard and Pat Burrell, who has three more homers than all Braves outfielders combined.

The Braves didn't score until Ruben Gotay's leadoff homer in the fifth against Adam Eaton (3-6), the first pinch-hit homer of Gotay's career. Jones' leadoff homer in the eighth off left-hander J.C. Romero made the score 5-3.

It was the 17th of the season for Jones, who returned to the lineup Tuesday after missing eight starts with a quadriceps injury. He leads the majors with a .393 average and needs four homers to tie Duke Snyder for 42nd place all-time.

The Braves scored their other run in the sixth when Francoeur grounded into a double play. Francoeur is an almost unfathomable 2-for-20 with the bases loaded this season, while the rest of the Braves combined are 21-for-67 (.313).

Francoeur has hit .129 (8-for-62) with 17 strikeouts and three RBIs in his past 17 games, with more errors (two) than extra-base hits (one). He has hit .194 with one homer in his past 27 games, dropping his overall average to .236.

When asked three different ways about Francoeur and whether he might be benched, Cox indicated he would not be and said, "We're not here to talk about Frenchy. We just lost the damn game."