--3B Chipper Jones was back in the lineup after missing two games with a sore right knee. Jones twisted it when he planted to go for a ball in batting practice. It swelled but no fluid ever formed in it, which would have prompted an MRI. Jones was 1-for-1 with three walks, one intentional, raising his average to .359.
--1B Casey Kotchman was back in the lineup after being out since Aug. 19. Kotchman had been on the bereavement list, and then the restricted list, due to the hospitalization of his mother, who was discharged Thursday. --RHP James Parr got the win in his first major league start. LHP Jo-Jo Reyes originally was slated to start, but his wife delivered the couple's first child Wednesday. Reyes was back in the clubhouse Thursday but has done nothing for the last few days, so manager Bobby Cox went with Parr. Reyes will start Sunday against the Nationals.
--SS Yunel Escobar, who aggravated his sore left shoulder Wednesday in Florida, was replaced by INF Omar Infante in the lineup. Infante batted .556 on the latest road trip but went 0-for-4 Thursday.
--2B Kelly Johnson tripled for the second consecutive game. He has a team-leading five triples.
BY THE NUMBERS: 14 -- Consecutive seasons 3B Chipper Jones has hit at least 20 home runs, matching Hall of Famer Eddie Mathews as the only players in major league history to accomplish that from the beginning of their careers.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I'd have to say it's my weirdest night as a professional in the big leagues." -- CF Mark Kotsay, on being scratched just before the Aug. 26 game as a precaution because the Braves were negotiating his trade to the Red Sox.
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