1.   But Lilja was wearing a protective brace on the knee from a previous injury that forced him to miss more than a month earlier this season.

2.   Cameron Dollar practiced without a protective brace on his right hand for the first time in a month.

3.   Kevin Brown batted with a protective brace on his left elbow, a result of being hit on the elbow in an at-bat at San Diego last week.

4.   Griffey has been wearing a protective brace for the last couple of weeks because of his sore knee, Dr. Timothy Kremchek.