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Derek Lowe Plans to Start Wednesday

Sep 6, 2010 – 3:40 PM
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The Braves can breathe a little sigh of relief after Derek Lowe's bullpen session Monday went smoothly, setting him up to start Wednesday.

Lowe was supposed to start Friday but was scratched due to inflammation in his elbow. It was the first time he missed a start in his major league career. Lowe has been dealing with bone chips in the elbow for at least a month and had a cortisone shot to help dull the pain. He felt numbness in his hand during his last start Aug. 29, limiting him to three innings against the Marlins.

He hadn't even been throwing bullpen sessions in between starts the last couple of weeks, but now that he's able to do that again, he feels confident about being able to take the ball against the Pirates in two days.

"If we were where I was two, three weeks ago, then we'd probably have an issue," he said. "But it's getting better."

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