11.   Wood is shooting for May to make his return from ligament transplant surgery, and Valdes, who is recovering from shoulder tendinitis, also will return.

12.   Raul Mondesi will have right elbow ligament surgery Monday in Coral Gables, Fla.

13.   Arizona Diamondbacks closer Matt Mantei will undergo ligament replacement surgery on his right elbow Tuesday and will miss the rest of the season.

14.   At Kissimmee, John Smoltz pitched for the first time since ligament replacement surgery on his right elbow last March.

15.   Braves RHP Rudy Seanez underwent ligament transplant surgery on his right elbow and will miss the rest of the season.

16.   Erickson, who sat out last season after elbow ligament replacement surgery, allowed an unearned run and three hits in six innings.

17.   Gordon, who missed last season after ligament replacement surgery in his right elbow, will start the season on the disabled list with a strained arm muscle.

18.   Hitchcock, who underwent ligament replacement surgery three weeks earlier than Seanez, continues his rehabilitation.

19.   Instead it was German Olympic silver medalist Martina Ertl who won, in a comeback from knee ligament surgery barely a month before.

20.   Lampkin will have ligament replacement surgery Friday.