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--SS Yunel Escobar's badly bruised right index finger may keep him sidelined until the two-game series against the Nationals in Washington starting Tuesday. That's if the Braves are lucky; the injury is on his throwing hand. He is available to pinch-run.
--CF Mark Kotsay was back in center field Saturday after sitting out two games with a strained left trapezius muscle.
--RHP Phil Stockman, called up from Class AAA Richmond (Va.) Friday to give the bullpen a fresh arm, barely got a chance to warm up when he had to be optioned back Saturday; the Braves needed a spot for INF Brent Lillibridge when neither 3B Chipper Jones nor SS Yunel Escobar could go against the Mets.
BY THE NUMBERS: 0 -- Number of split-finger fastballs RHP John Smoltz threw in spring training. He used the pitch to record his 3,000th career strikeout April 22 against Nationals 2B Felipe Lopez.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "It's more mental than physical at this point." -- LHP Mike Hampton, on rehabbing his strained left pectoral muscle.
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