--3B Chipper Jones says the bone bruise on his left thumb hurts "pretty good" after aggravating it in his last at-bat Sunday. With Monday's off day and a dose of anti-inflammatories, he hopes to be ready to go for the three-game Marlins series that begins Tuesday.
--RF Jeff Francoeur had two triples in Sunday's game against the Nationals, the first two-triple game of his career. At one point in the game his batting average had sunk to .182, but those hits pulled it up to .240. BY THE NUMBERS: 9.45 -- The bullpen's ERA in its first 13 1/3 innings. That was before the relievers tossed a combined 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball April 11-12, lowering the unit's ERA to 6.75.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "It was a total success." -- C Brian McCann on the major league debut of RHP Kenshin Kawakami, who got the win against the Nationals on April 11.
