Dodgers third baseman Casey Blake was placed on the disabled list Friday with a staph infection in his left elbow. He is expected to be out for as many as six weeks. Blake was to be released from the hospital Saturday, two days after having surgery to clean out the infection, which did not spread beyond his elbow. Conte said the type of infection Blake has is not MRSA, which can be deadly. Still, manager Don Mattingly said, "It's something fairly dangerous. This thing could've gotten bad."