"Chipper Jones, in his first game back from the disabled list, homered to start the eighth inning and assure the Braves avoided a shutout. He then left the game with a strained right quadriceps, which he had hurt two innings earlier when he fielded a slow roller and threw to first base.

"We've got to reevaluate it tomorrow," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said of Jones' injury. "He said [before the eighth inning], 'I'm gonna need a runner.' I said, really? He said, 'Yeah, I'm gonna need a runner.' And then [Gonzalez makes popping sound with mouth]. Home run."

The 39-year-old third baseman also singled and stole a base in the third inning, going 2-for-4 in his first game after playing parts of two games on a brief minor-league rehab assignment."