Jones, who last year missed 112 games because of an elbow ailment, picked up his first three victories after relieving in tie games.

He had an elbow ailment in 1988, a back injury in 1989 and a shoulder problem last year.

The elbow ailment, Lakey added, would add an unknown factor to the pitchers' confrontations with Thomas.

Liriano is finished for the year because of an elbow ailment.

Then the Cards lost Bryn Smith, their starting pitcher in the third game, after two and two-thirds innings with an elbow ailment.

Neagle was 19-23 in 72 starts before he went down with an elbow ailment in July 2003.

Adding injury to insult, Dibble was placed on the 15-day disabled list because of an elbow ailment he apparently aggravated in the fight.

But he steadily deteriorated, and an elbow ailment in 1978 affected his throwing so badly that he committed a whopping 43 errors.

Last winter, however, they gambled $8 million for three years on Witt even though he missed two months last season with an elbow ailment.

Epicondylitis is an elbow ailment, known in its most common form as tennis elbow.