"With five days between starts, Derek Lowe thinks the blister on the bottom of his foot won't stop him from making his next scheduled start Thursday against the Nationals.

Monday's off day doesn't hurt.

"The extra day will be good," Lowe said. "My body will heal at its own rate. I imagine now, knowing going into it, there's a lot more you can do to it as far as putting pads and what have you."

Lowe rubbed a blister in the midst of no-hitting the Phillies Friday night, which he kept until the first batter of the seventh inning. The blister burst as he faced the second hitter of the fifth inning. He tried to battle through it but had to come out after giving up back-to-back hits in the seventh."