By PAUL NEWBERRY
AP Sports Writer

ATLANTA(AP) -- The banner in right field summed up how the Atlanta
Braves feel about this final week of the season.

"Believe."

Jair Jurrjens pitched five-hit ball over seven innings, Chipper
Jones homered and the Braves beat Florida 4-0 Monday night for
their 15th win in 17 games, a stretch that has lifted them into
playoff contention with six games left in the regular season.

Atlanta closed within two games of idle Colorado in the NL
wild-card race and moved to four behind first-place Philadelphia
in the NL East. The Phillies lost 8-2 at home to Houston.

"We've got a chance to do it," said manager Bobby Cox, whose
team hasn't made the playoffs since the last of its record 14
straight division titles in 2005. "You can't get away from it.
We're watching the scoreboard every inning. But really, you can
only worry about your own team."

The Braves haven't caused Cox any worries lately. They won their
seventh straight, matching a season high set at the start of
this run, behind another dominant performance by Jurrjens
(14-10). The right-hander won his fourth in a row and has gone
at least seven innings in seven straight starts, allowing only
eight earned runs in 50 2-3 innings (a 1.42 ERA) during that
stretch.

Peter Moylan and Rafael Soriano finished off the five-hitter
with one inning apiece for Atlanta's 10th shutout of the season.

"You've got to feel somewhat confident," said Moylan, who set a
team record with his 85th appearance of the season. "We've still
got a long ways to go, six games to go. Anything can happen."

Moylan joined the Braves after their last playoff appearance and
missed most of last season recovering from elbow surgery. The
Aussie has definitely noticed a different feeling in the
clubhouse and during the games as he takes part in his first
playoff race.

"I've never had this much nervous adrenaline pumping from the
first inning through the sixth inning," he said. "It's crazy. I
guess that's why we play this game. No feeling can top it."

Florida's third loss in four games all but finished off the
Marlins, who dropped 5 1/2 games behind the Rockies and can do
no better than tie for the wild card. One more Florida loss or
Colorado win would eliminate the Marlins.

The Braves managed just three hits but took advantage of 11
walks by the Marlins - including a career-worst eight by starter
Anibal Sanchez (3-8).

"I never walked that many, ever," he said. "I don't know what
happened."

Sanchez walked the first three Atlanta hitters, throwing only
two strikes, and wound up trailing 2-0 without giving up a hit.
Brian McCann drove in a run with a bases-loaded grounder to
first, and Garret Anderson followed with a sacrifice fly.

"The way Jurrjens was pitching, and three walks, we had no
chance to win," catcher John Baker said.

Florida had its bullpen throwing just 15 pitches into the game,
though Sanchez managed to hang around for five innings. He
allowed only two hits, one of them a towering shot by Jones in
the third that struck the right-field foul pole about halfway
up, his 18th homer of the season but just his second since Aug.
29.

Jones will need two more over the final week of a disappointing
year to become the first player in baseball history to hit at
least 20 homers in each of his first 15 seasons. Jones and Eddie
Mathews are the only two to start their careers with 14
consecutive 20-homer seasons.

"I guess it's a pretty good time to be rounding into form, 156
games in," Jones said sarcastically. "I would be a lot more
upset if I weren't contributing at this time of year. Especially
with the team doing what it's doing."

Florida got its first two runners aboard in both the sixth and
the seventh. Jurrjens pitched out of trouble each time before
turning it over to the bullpen.

The Marlins started the sixth with Chris Coghlan's single and a
walk to Cameron Maybin. But Hanley Ramirez struck out, failing
to check his swing on a low pitch, and Jurrjens retired the next
two hitters.

Florida had an even better scoring chance in the seventh when
Dan Uggla led off with a double and moved to third on Baker's
single. Jurrjens toughened up again, retiring Brett Carroll on a
fly to right that wasn't deep enough to score the run, striking
out pinch-hitter Jeremy Hermida and getting Coghlan on a
forceout at second.

Even though plenty was at stake, an announced crowd of 25,046
that looked closer to 15,000 turned out at Turner Field on a
night with a hint of fall in the air.

"Hopefully," Cox said, "we will have more of them out here
tomorrow and on the weekend."

NOTES: Jones' homer was his 426th, tying Billy Williams for 40th
on the career list. Next up is Mike Piazza at 427. ... Sanchez's
previous career high for walks was six. ... Nate McLouth drew a
bases-loaded walk from Kiko Calero in the eighth to bring home
Atlanta's final run.