News and notes

Cory Wade is unavailable today. Not much other news except that Hiroki Kuroda threw on flat ground today for the second consecutive day but there is not schedule for him to pitch from the mound yet. Also, Jason Schmidt threw 100 pitches in Arizona today. Joe Torre acknowledged that he could be closer to leaving Arizona. Hong-Chih Kuo returned to Dodger Stadium today. He worked out but did not pick up a ball. Jeff Weaver starts tonight, and he’s on a 75-pitch count or so.