--2B Brandon Phillips, dropped from fourth to sixth in the batting order, went a combined 3-for-7 Wednesday and Thursday after going 0-for-21 in the previous six games. Manager Dusty Baker plans to keep him in the No. 6 slot for the time being.
--RHP Edinson Volquez, 17-6 last year, is off to shaky start this year with a 6.46 ERA, but the team has scored runs for him and he is 2-1. On Friday he faces the Braves, a team he has faced only twice in his career and is 0-1 against with a 2.25 ERA. --RHP David Weathers over the past 10 seasons leads all major league pitchers with 652 appearances. He has not given up a run in his seven appearances this year.
BY THE NUMBERS: 9 -- Games among their first 11 that the Reds were behind. They won four of those games.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "We're 6-5 without hitting, and that gives me more hope and confidence." -- Manager Dusty Baker, on his team's .208 team batting average through April 19.
