LOS ANGELES — The Atlanta Braves discarded an unpolished Penny and came out of an ugly game feeling quite Chipper.

Taking advantage of an off night by Brad Penny, the Braves chased the Dodgers starter after four innings and got two home runs by Chipper Jones for an 8-6 victory at Dodger Stadium.

The Dodgers entered the game having given up 56 home runs, the second fewest in the National League.

But Atlanta hit three, the last two by Jones in the sixth and seventh innings, to keep the Dodgers at bay in a 3- hour game in which the teams combined for 27 hits and four errors.

Penny, the anchor of the staff and co-owner of the best ERA in the majors entering the game, equaled a career-high with three RBIs but stumbled in his audition to start next week's All-Star Game.

He allowed six runs on nine hits in a season-low four innings. Penny had not given up more than one run in each of his previous five starts.

Penny was trying to become the first Dodgers pitcher to win 11 games before the All-Star break since Kaz Ishii in 2002. It turned out Atlanta rewrote some club history of its own.

Jones became Atlanta's all-time home run leader with Nos. 371 and 372, putting him one ahead of Dale Murphy. He hit home runs from both sides of the plate for the first time in seven years to the day — July 5, 2000.

The Dodgers might have gotten an eerie feeling when Penny signaled for the trainer to look at his hand after he got the second out of the first inning. He remained in the game but looked shaky.

Jeff Francoeur hit a home run off Penny's first pitch of the second. Penny struck out the next two batters but gave up three consecutive singles, the last of which by Edgar Renteria off Penny's 2-2 offering to give Atlanta a 3-0 lead.

The Dodgers closed to 3-2 in the second on a single by Penny in which second baseman Kelly Johnson could not field a throw from center fielder Andruw Jones cleanly.

But the Dodgers gave it back in a third inning marred by two errors.

Johnson singled, stole second and went to third on Russell Martin's throwing error before Francoeur singled in Johnson.

The Braves might have gotten another run when Rafael Furcal's throwing error to first base allowed a runner to third, but the Dodgers turned a 3-6-3 double play.

Atlanta had trouble in the field as well.

Luis Gonzalez singled in a run in the third and reached second when Andruw Jones couldn't grab the ball on the run as he reached down for it.

Three batters later Penny poked a bases-loaded single past third baseman Chipper Jones to give the Dodgers a 6-4 lead.