--OF Chris Dickerson's season is over after a CT scan revealed a stress fracture in his left ankle. He'll have surgery Friday to remove a piece of bone. After his Aug. 11 call-up from Class AAA Louisville, Dickerson hit .304 with six homers and 15 RBIs in 31 games.
--1B Joey Votto is the club's nominee for the Hammer Award, an annual award named in honor of Hank Aaron that goes to the top offensive players in each league, with each team offering a nominee. Votto is hitting .289 with 22 homers and 79 RBIs. --RHP Ramon Ramirez makes his fourth major league start Wednesday in Houston, his first start against the Astros. He is 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA in four appearances overall, and the team is 3-0 in his three starts.
--LHP Bill Bray has given up only two earned runs in his last 16 appearances. He has a 1.93 ERA in that stretch after retiring the only Astros batter he faced Tuesday.
--SS Jeff Keppinger is hitting .360 over his last 25 at-bats, trying to rescue his season. Prior to the late rally, Keppinger had been hitting .227 (61-for-269) since coming off the disabled list in late June after recovering from a broken kneecap. He hit .324 before suffering the injury.
--RF Jay Bruce, who had missed two games with a sore right hand, returned to the lineup and went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.
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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