Cincinnati — There are no favors waiting on the Braves at Turner Field, other than their sparking 22-7 record there.

Coming in for four games are the Florida Marlins, who have led the NL East for much of the first two months and following them are three games with the Phillies, who just beat Florida Sunday to take over first place in the division by a half-game.

But first up, the Marlins. Now 55 games into the season, the team with the lowest payroll in the majors at $22 million is still playing like the real deal.

"They're obviously a surprise," said Tom Glavine, who is scheduled to face Mark Hendrickson on Wednesday. "Offensively I think everybody thought they were going to be decent. I think you have to be surprised about how well their pitching has done. Not so much because of a lack of talent. They've got a lot of young guys over there. They seem to have put things together and done a great job of pitching, and they're scoring runs."

Of the four Marlins starters the Braves will face this series, three are in their mid-to-early 20s, including tonight's starter Scott Olsen. Olsen is 4-2 and leads the Marlins with a 3.65 ERA. He shut the Braves out for seven innings in an April meeting.

"Olsen has never been a No. 1 pitching like a No. 1," Chipper Jones said. "They're asking him to grow up in a hurry and take on some responsibility and lead that staff. And he's leading by example."

Griffey sits on No. 599

Jair Jurrjens gave up career home run No. 599 to Ken Griffey Jr. on Saturday afternoon, but the Braves held him there long enough to get out of town. Griffey will have to wait to usher himself him into the five-man 600 home run club, joining Sammy Sosa, Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds.

The fact that he hadn't gotten there long before now, is what baffles Braves like Glavine, who like Jurrjens is among the 383 pitchers to give up a homer to Griffey. He's allowed one, limiting Griffey to 7-for-28 (.250).

"About time," Glavine said with a laugh.

But it was compliment, too.

"With him it's two things," Glavine said. "You look at him and you see what he's done. And you realize how great a player he is, and on the other hand you wonder how good he could have been if he didn't get hurt. I don't think there are too many guys that would not agree, had he stayed healthy he would have blown the home run record out of the water."

Griffey has gone on the disabled list 13 times in his career. He's torn both hamstrings, broken both wrists, torn one tendon in his right knee and strained another, dislocated his right shoulder,

"It's unfortunate that you look at him and think 'Man, what could have been,'" Glavine said. "But it's still pretty damn good."

Ejection No. 138

It's another ejection from a game to you and me, but to Reds manager Dusty Baker watching Bobby Cox get ejected Saturday for arguing a play at the plate was cause for study.

Baker got suspended two games last weekend for bumping an umpire in San Diego, and he studied Cox for his body control.

"I learned something from Bobby; he's the king of ejections," Baker told reporters Sunday. "I learned — he crosses his arms, he kept his distance. I was really studying Bobby. I was, I'm not kidding. He was careful not turn on anybody, he backed up before he turned."

Schedule change

The Braves game vs. the L.A. Angels in Anaheim on Sunday, June 15, has been picked up by ESPN, changing the start time from 3:35 to 8:05 p.m.