Worth noting

• Holliday, who voiced his support in the offseason for harsher penalties for violating the league's drug policy, declined to answer questions regarding Braun's suspension.

• Carlos Beltran was back in the lineup Tuesday after he was given Sunday off for general soreness.

• Dating back to the start of the 2012 season, second baseman Matt Carpenter is batting .282 with two strikes against him, which is the best among all Major Leaguers in that span.