BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJORS : Cox’s Wife Takes Some of the Blame

Pamela Cox said Tuesday she was as guilty as her husband, Atlanta Brave Manager Bobby Cox, for a domestic dispute at their Marietta, Ga., home over the weekend.

Cox was arrested Sunday night and charged with simple battery after his wife telephoned 911 and told Cobb County police that her husband had hit her. Cox was jailed briefly Sunday night before posting a $1,000 bond.

“When I called 911 it was at the height of our fighting,” Pamela Cox was quoted Tuesday in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “My husband had grabbed my hair. It was a poor choice of words. I was very upset about some of the things he had said. But he didn’t hit me, he grabbed me by the hair.”

A police report said Pamela Cox told officers her husband had punched her in the face and pulled her hair after some guests had left their house.

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Philadelphia Phillie outfielder Gregg Jefferies has a strained right hamstring that will keep him out of the three-game series with Montreal that started Tuesday night. . . . St. Louis Cardinal first baseman Todd Zeile, who started the season on the disabled list because of an inflamed tendon in his left hand, was activated. The Cardinals optioned outfielder Allen Battle to triple-A Louisville.

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Dwight Gooden escaped serious injury in a minor traffic accident, police in St. Petersburg, Fla., said. No charges were filed against Gooden, a free agent pitcher who is sitting out a yearlong drug-related suspension.