ATLANTA (AP) -- Jeff Francoeur's three-run homer highlighted a five-run third inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-3 on Saturday night to move 20 games over .500 for the first time this season.



Chipper Jones and Andruw Jones each drove in a run in the third for Atlanta (78-58), which has won three straight and four of five. Rafael Furcal added a two-run single and Marcus Giles a two-run double in the sixth.



Jorge Sosa (10-3) labored through five innings, allowing four hits and three runs -- two earned -- to win for the second time in three starts. The right-hander made his 15th start this year.



Francoeur's 12th homer came off Luke Hudson (6-7), the first of six Cincinnati pitchers. The Reds have lost five straight.



Four Atlanta relievers followed Sosa with a scoreless inning each.



Reds left-hander Brian Shackelford, lasting just two-thirds of an inning in the sixth, was charged with three runs. He allowed no hits, walked one and struck out one but departed to boos after plunking Francoeur and pinch-hitter Julio Franco with pitches.



Todd Coffey, who relieved Shackelford, gave up the hits to Furcal and Giles.



Sosa led off the third with a single and advanced to second on Furcal's single. Sosa tagged up on Giles' fly to right and staggered several times as he ran to third. He scored on Chipper Jones' RBI grounder to make it 1-1.



Andruw Jones' RBI double scored Chipper Jones for the go-ahead run before Francoeur's three-run homer put the Braves ahead 5-1.



Hudson had won five of six starts and was 5-1 with a 3.76 ERA in his last seven, but he allowed five hits and five runs in three innings.



Braves manager Bobby Cox and trainer Jeff Porter visited Sosa on the mound after he began the fourth with consecutive walks. Sosa, who might have injured himself running the bases, remained in the game, but he walked in a run to make it 5-2 after Jason LaRue's single loaded the bases.



Aaron Holbert's sacrifice fly cut the lead to 5-3 and gave the 32-year-old rookie second baseman his first career RBI.



Francoeur's fielding error in right in the first allowed Austin Kearns to score on Adam Dunn's double to make it 1-0.

Game notes
Ryan Langerhans entered in RF in the seventh to replace Francoeur, who departed with a bruised left ankle after Shackelford hit him with a pitch. The Braves said X-rays weren't necessary. Francoeur is day-to-day. ... After missing the first three games of this homestand with a sore right knee, Furcal is 6-for-12. ... The Reds are 11-22 at Turner Field, the Braves' home since 1997.