Chipper may miss start with sore elbow

Philadelphia — Chipper Jones has a sore right elbow that could sideline him for at least the opening game of the Braves’ series against the Mets that starts Monday night in New York.

Jones said he hyperextended the elbow twice on consecutive swings on a fifth-inning strikeout during Sunday’s 4-2 win against the Philadelphia Phillies.

“I’ve had a pretty serious case of tendinitis in my elbow all year,” the 37-year-old third baseman said. “Coupled with hyperextending it today, it got to a point where I couldn’t really throw across the infield.

“So once we got the lead, I told [manager] Bobby [Cox] he might want to get [Martin] Prado in there.”

Jones said there was perhaps a 50 percent chance he would miss the series opener at the Mets’ new Citi Field but he didn’t think the injury would keep him out of the lineup any longer.

“If we can take some anti-inflammatories and get it settled down,” he said. “The [elbow] is kind of jacked up right now but I don’t see it being more than a day.”

Cox said he didn’t know if Jones would be ready to play Monday.

Jones was 0-for-3 with a walk Sunday, snapping his 29-game hitting streak against Philadephia. It was tied for the sixth-longest streak in the majors against a single opponent in the past 55 years, according to the Society for Baseball Research (SABR).

Jones hit .380 with 11 homers and 25 RBI against the Phillies during the streak.

The Braves are 1-5 in games that he hasn’t started. He missed five starts for a bone bruise in his left thumb and had a day off Thursday at Florida, when Omar Infante played third in a 4-2 win.