Chuck James did a good impression of Tom Glavine. Just hours after coming back from the minors, James allowed one run in five innings and the Atlanta bullpen shut down the Dodgers the rest of the way, leading the Braves past Los Angeles 4-1 Saturday for their third straight victory.

Mark Teixeira’s two-run single highlighted a four-run fifth that accounted for all the Atlanta scoring and handed James (1-1) the win.

James was recalled from Triple-A Richmond on Friday night before after Glavine went on the disabled list for the first time in his 22-year career. James caught a 6 a.m. flight from Richmond and landed about eight hours before his first pitch.

Andruw Jones, the longtime Braves center fielder now playing for the Dodgers, showed signs of breaking out of his slump. He hit a towering drive deep into the left-field seats in the second, his first homer for Los Angeles.

Otherwise, James was in command. The slender lefty allowed four hits, walked one and struck out two before giving way to the Braves bullpen. Jorge Campillo pitched two scoreless innings, Blaine Boyer went one and Manny Acosta worked the ninth for his first career save.

James won 11 games each of the last two years for the Braves, but he struggled down the stretch in 2007 and was diagnosed after the season with a partially torn rotator cuff. Brought along carefully during spring training, he started the season on the disabled list before making a quicker-than-expected start at Colorado after Mike Hampton went on the DL.

That one didn’t go so well _ James surrendered six runs in three innings of a 12-6 loss. But, after making one start at Richmond, he looked like a much different pitcher against the Dodgers.

Chipper Jones didn’t go deep after hitting two homers in each of the two previous games, but the Braves third baseman did extend his hitting streak to 11 games with a third-inning single.

Chad Billingsley (0-3) matched his career high with nine strikeouts and breezed through the first four innings. But it all fell apart for the Los Angeles starter after he fanned pinch-hitter Brayan Pena leading off the fifth.

Kelly Johnson walked, Yunel Escobar singled to left and Jones walked to load the bases. Teixeira then ripped a pitch the opposite way to left, driving in two runs to put the Braves ahead. Brian McCann walked to load the bases again, and Jeff Francoeur made it 3-1 with an RBI groundout.

Billingsley needed help from his defense for the third out. Mark Kotsay lined a run-scoring single to right, but Matt Kemp threw out the slow-running McCann at the plate to end the inning. McCann didn’t even bother sliding.

That was the final pitch for Billingsley, who allowed six hits and walked five in five innings.

Notes:@ The Braves have allowed only two runs in their last three games. ... Escobar stretched his hitting streak to 12 games. ... Billingsley had nine Ks for the fourth time in his career. ... The Braves (8-9) have a chance to get back to .500 in Sunday’s series finale. ... Andruw Jones got a standing ovation from the Turner Field crowd after homering. He waved back on his way to the visiting dugout.