"Chipper Jones was out of the lineup again Saturday, still battling a strained right quadricep. Jones has been available to pinch-hit but likely won't return to the lineup by the weekend, as Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez had hoped.

"He is feeling a little better," Gonzalez said. "I would like to get him on the field and work him out a little bit before we decide [when he can return]. … The thing we worry about is when you get him on the field, he has to react one way or another. You can't really control that. We worry about that a little bit.""