ATLANTA -- Braves starter Jo-Jo Reyes said he doesn't expect to miss his next start after leaving Thursday's game against the Padres in the third inning after developing a blister on the index finger of his pitching hand.

"I think I'll be fine," said Reyes, who allowed one earned run on five hits during the Braves' 5-4 win. "It didn't blister up, it just rubbed raw."

Reyes, making his second start for the Braves after beginning the season in Triple-A Richmond, met briefly with pitching coach Roger McDowell and manager Bobby Cox on the mound before taking himself out of the game after walking Khalil Greene.

"I wanted to stay in, but the starting rotation is beat up and I didn't want to tough it out and be out longer," Reyes said. "I feel bad for the bullpen."

In Reyes' Major League season debut last Sunday against the Reds, the 23-year-old left-hander pitched 5 1/3 strong innings, allowing one run on four hits. Reyes went 1-1 with a 1.17 ERA in five April starts for Richmond before being called up.

Reyes was replaced by reliever Buddy Carlyle, who got Justin Huber to ground into a fielder's choice to end the third.

Carlyle would also leave the game after a scary collision with the Padres' Kevin Kouzmanoff in the fifth inning. The right-hander attempted to tag out Kouzmanoff, who was sprinting down the line after trying to bunt for a single.

"Buddy is a lot better right now," Cox said. "His legs, he couldn't really control one of them. It scared me a little bit."

Carlyle is officially listed as day-to-day with a mild neck sprain, but he said after the game he would likely pitch in Atlanta's next series with Pittsburgh, and that the injury was nothing more than a "tight neck."

"Whenever the neck feels comfortable, I'll be good to go," Carlyle said. "It kind of scared me at first, but once I kind of recovered, it went away pretty quick."

Carlyle said he thought Kouzmanoff's thigh may have banged into his hat, which caused the skin to break above his right eyebrow. He initially rose to his feet in case he had to throw the runner out.

"When I heard [the umpire] call him out and I tried to move, my neck kind of tightened up on me," said Carlyle, who allowed one run and one hit in two innings while facing just seven batters.

Carlyle, in his second season with the Braves, has allowed three runs on eight hits in nine appearances this season. Entering Thursday's game, he had not allowed an earned run in his last four outings.