"Four days after a foot blister spoiled his no-hit bid at Philadelphia, Braves pitcher Derek Lowe said the problem was taken care of and he'd be ready to make his next scheduled start Thursday against Washington.

Lowe threw a normal between-starts session in the bullpen Tuesday and was upbeat about his return.

"It's all bandaged up," he said, pointing to the area of his bottom right shoe where the blister developed from rubbing against the spikes he wore in Friday's game.

Lowe hobbled through the fifth and sixth innings, but didn't give up a hit until the Phillies had back-to-back hits to start the seventh. That's when he left the game. Left-hander Eric O'Flaherty struck out the next three batters en route to the Braves' 5-0 win."