Phillies, Halladay Beat Braves 3-1

PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Roy Halladay pitched his major league-best

seventh complete game this season, Greg Dobbs hit a two-run homer

and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Monday

night.

Halladay (10-7) allowed five hits and struck out seven to record

his second straight complete game. The All-Star right-hander

outdueled Derek Lowe (9-7) and needed just 93 pitches to finish.

Chipper Jones homered for the NL East-leading Braves.

The two-time NL champion Phillies, who lost three of four to

lowly Pittsburgh over the weekend, need to win this three-game

series to avoid losing more ground in the division. They’re 17-23

in the last 40 games and trail Atlanta by four games.