SAN FRANCISCO -- The Atlanta Braves know manager Bobby Cox

will be back for Game 3 of the NL Division Series after making an

early exit following yet another ejection.

They don't know when closer Billy Wagner will be back.

Cox and Wagner both made early exits in Game 2 against San

Francisco on Friday night, missing the end of the Braves' 5-4

victory in 11 innings over the Giants that evened the best-of-five

series at one win apiece.

Cox was ejected from a postseason game for the third time after

arguing a call at first base with umpire Paul Emmel in the second

inning.

Wagner lasted just two batters in the 10th inning before leaving

with a left oblique injury.

"I don't know how I'll feel tomorrow," Wagner said. "I know

it's pretty sore now. I just have to come in tomorrow and do what

they say and hopefully if I'm not able to go this round or next

round they'll do well enough to get to the World Series. Hopefully

I'll be all right."

While Cox will be back in the dugout for Game 3 on Sunday in

Atlanta, this could have been Wagner's final appearance in the

majors depending on the severity of the injury and how long the

Braves last in the postseason.

"We're not going to write him off yet," Cox said. "He's

probably done for this series. We're not sure. It's an oblique. For

Billy to come off the mound it had to be hurting pretty bad.

Obliques generally take a while."

The Braves will replace him for the NLDS roster by activating reliever Takashi Saito or starter Jair Jurrjens on Sunday, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Wagner first grabbed at his side after chasing pinch-hitter

Edgar Renteria's bunt single to start the 10th. The left-hander

then fielded Andres Torres' sacrifice bunt back to the mound, threw

to first for the out and immediately grabbed at the area near his

left hip before crumbling to his knees.

"I started to go down to get the ball and I saw Troy in the

corner of my eye and that's when I tried to get out of the way and

I felt it pinch," Wagner said of the first bunt. "I thought I

might have a little cramp. When he bunted the ball back, I couldn't

move. That was a sure double play ball. So when I turned to throw

to first I really don't know how I got it to first."

The 39-year-old Wagner walked slowly off the field with a

trainer and was replaced by Kyle Farnsworth, who escaped a

bases-loaded jam when Buster Posey grounded into an inning-ending

double play.

The Braves bullpen did fine on this night without much help from

Wagner, throwing seven scoreless innings after Tommy Hanson was

knocked out early. Rookie Craig Kimbrel was especially sharp,

striking out four while retiring all six batters in the eighth and

ninth innings.

Mike Dunn pitched 1 1/3 perfect innings, Peter Moylan got two

outs, Jonny Venters pitched a scoreless inning and Farnsworth got

the win.

"I'm probably the worst one out there compared to what they're

facing," Wagner said. "I wouldn't want to face our bullpen. You

have unknowns out there that don't have patterns. Fourteen years of

Billy Wagner, you know what's coming. You don't know what Kimbrell,

Dunn and Venters are going to do. They're very capable of doing

whatever skip asks. I have all the faith in the world in them."

Wagner, though, had one of his best seasons ever. He allowed

just 38 hits and struck out 104 batters in 69 1/3 innings,

recording a 1.43 ERA and saving 37 games.

"He's a huge reason we're in the position we are," catcher

Brian McCann said. "You just can't replace a Billy Wagner, you

just can't."

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.