"We brought up all these extra bodies and we still end up short," said Baker, pulling a bottle out of his desk drawer. "We're about to put Wite-Out out of business."

Baker substituted Wilton Castillo in left field and Andy Phillips at third base.

Encarnacion, who had a three-run double Tuesday to turn a one-run deficit into a two-run lead in a 7-2 win over the Cardinals, said he hurt his wrist Saturday in Arizona.

"I tried to check a swing on a Randy Johnson slider," he said, sitting in a clubhouse chair with an ice bag wrapped around the wrist.

Baker knew something had to be extremely painful for Encarnacion to pull himself out of the lineup "because he never says anything. He never even goes into the training room."

Dickerson's Achilles tendon has been bothering him off and on since his Aug. 12 call-up from Class AAA Louisville.

REDS 3, CARDINALS 0: 3B Andy Phillips, RF Jay Bruce and SS Paul Janish all hit solo home runs in the fourth, the inning when the Reds had all four of their hits, enough for RHP Aaron Harang to earn his fifth win of the season with a six-hit shutout. It was Harang's sixth straight quality start but only his second win in that span.