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\n\nJones led by example, showing the professionalism he’s garnered over 13 big league seasons by drawing a walk from Braves reliever Jesse Biddle -- something he admitted wasn’t as easy as he made it look.\n\n“I don’t really take too much. So yeah, that was really awkward for me to just sit there and be like, ‘Be patient, Adam. Be patient, Adam,’” Jones said with a laugh. “But it worked. I was just trying to make him throw a strike. … I had an approach and I stuck with my approach and it worked.”
Jones has been sticking with a winning approach at the plate so far in 2019. Entering Wednesday night he ranked among the top 10 in the National League in multi-hit games (T-3, 8), hits (T-6, 22), extra-base hits (T-8, 10) and total bases (T-10, 40). He's especially enjoyed hitting on the road, batting .342/.359/.684. Jones added to that total by launching a first-pitch splitter from Atlanta starter Kevin Gausman 432 feet deep into the left-field seats in the fourth inning, giving Arizona its first hit -- and the only one through six -- to cut the Braves’ lead in half.\n\n“The guy’s a competitor,” Jones said of Gausman. “I’ve played behind him the majority of his career \\[in Baltimore\\], so I know his tenacity. He goes after people. I got a pitch and didn’t miss it.”
\n\nJones also was part of Arizona’s seventh-inning, game-tying rally, scoring from first on a
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\n\n“He had a tremendous third, fourth, fifth. I think the key was being able to shut it down during the second,” catcher