--3B Edwin Encarnacion was back in the lineup Monday after missing five games with a sore left wrist injured when he tried to check a swing on a LHP Randy Johnson slider in Arizona.
--RF Jay Bruce missed his second straight game Monday with a sore right hand after he was hit by a pitch Saturday by Milwaukee LHP CC Sabathia. While he was not available to pinch-hit, he was available for defensive duty and should be in the lineup in his Houston, his hometown. --RHP Edinson Volquez (16-6) makes his fifth try at his 17th victory, although the only loss in his last four starts was in his last start, a 5-4 loss to the Cardinals during which he gave up four runs, three hits and six walks in seven innings.
--LHP/PH Micah Owings is unable to pitch due to a shoulder problem but has pinch-hit three times and delivered game-winning hits twice.
--C Ryan Hanigan began the season 2-for-10 after a September call-up from Class AAA Louisville, but has since gone 18-for-60 (.300) and in less than a month with the team has caught both team's complete games (Bronson Arroyo, Aaron Harang).
BY THE NUMBERS: 7 -- One-run games the Reds played in a row in mid-September. They went 5-2 and are 26-19 this season in one-run games.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "The only way to learn how to play and win one-run games is to play in them and when you learn that, you become a contender, because contenders always are top-heavy with one-run wins." -- Manager Dusty Baker.
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