Dodgers OF Andruw Jones, who left Friday's game after fouling a ball off his calf, returned to the lineup Saturday against the Rockies. He went 0-for-1, but he walked twice, scoring a run and driving in one. His batting average is down to .167 -- a slow start that he blames on allergies, according to the Chicago Tribune. "Allergies have been killing me," he said last week. "My body is achy. This time (of year), it always comes in."

Dodgers' Jones in starting lineup

Dodgers OF Andruw Jones, hitting only .169 through 77 at-bats, blames allergies on his poor start at the plate this season, according to the Chicago Tribune. "Allergies have been killing me," he said last week. "My body is achy. This time (of year), it always comes in." He fouled a pitch off his left calf Friday and left the game.

Dodgers OF Andruw Jones fouled a pitch off his left calf Friday against the Rockies and did his best to walk off the pain. He returned to center field after getting checked out by a trainer, but his sudden lack of mobility prevented him from catching up with an RBI double by Podsednik that plopped into right-center to cut the Dodgers' lead to 6-5. He ended up leaving in the fifth inning after going 1-for-3 with a run scored and a strikeout.

Dodgers' Jones leaves with calf contusion

Dodgers OF Andruw Jones (flu) returned to the starting lineup Wednesday against the Diamondbacks after missing one game. He started in center field and hit second behind Rafael Furcal. Jones had a single in five at-bats and struck out twice. He has just two hits in his last 15 plate appearances.

Dodgers' Jones returns to lineup

Slumping OF Andruw Jones was out of the Dodgers' starting lineup Tuesday against the Reds. Jones pinch-hit in the eighth and struck out for the ninth time in his last 17 at-bats. "Andruw's fighting it a little bit," manager Joe Torre said. "He's had a little bit of a flu bug, and we've got that long flight (home) tonight. We'll get him back in the lineup."

Andruw sits with allergies

The L.A. Daily News reports that Andruw Jones is out of the lineup at Cincinnati Tuesday. Juan Pierre, Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier started in the outfield, with Kemp in center field.

Dodgers outfielder Andruw Jones was dropped to eighth in the starting batting order for the first time since Aug. 22, 1998. He went 0-for-4, lowering the five-time All-Star's average to .159.

Dodgers' Jones hitting eighth versus Reds

The Sports Xchange reports that CF Andruw Jones continues to struggle mightily in his first season with the Dodgers. He went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts on Sunday. Jones is now batting .169 and has 21 strikeouts in 69 plate appearances, an average of one strikeout every 3.3 times he steps into the box.

Andruw Jones, the longtime Braves center fielder now playing for the Dodgers, showed signs of breaking out of his slump Saturday at Atlanta. He hit a towering drive deep into the left-field seats in the second inning, his first homer for Los Angeles. He got a standing ovation from the Turner Field crowd and waved back on his way to the visiting dugout. He finished the game 1-for-1 with two walks.

Andruw homers in return to Atlanta

Andruw Jones, who spent his entire career with the Braves before signing with Los Angeles over the winter, returned to Atlanta for the first time in a visiting uniform Friday. He struck out twice, walked and hit a meaningless double in the ninth. Jones' reception was mostly cheers, including a standing ovation for his first at-bat, though the boos got louder as the game went on.

Andruw Jones scored three runs on Saturday night though he also went 0-for-3 to drop his season average to a sickly .105.With all the energy being pushed in the direction of the Matt Kemp/Juan Pierre battle for playing time maybe it's time to question whether or not it such a great idea to just pencil in Jones name to the lineup each night.

Andruw Jones will ride the pine today in favor of Matt Kemp, according to the LA Daily News.Jones is only hitting .103 over 29 at-bats (with nine strikeouts), and Manager Torre is going with Kemp in center field.