--RHP Johnny Cueto left Sunday's game in Colorado after three innings with soreness in his triceps tendon and while he was sent home to Cincinnati for evaluation, it is likely the 22-year-old Dominican will be shut down for the season.
--1B Joey Votto had three straight three-hit games this week and his 16 three-hit games this season are twice as many as any other rookie in the NL. Cubs C Geovany Soto is next with eight and Kansas City's Mike Aviles leads AL rookies with 13. --RHP Bronson Arroyo (11-10, 5.32) faces the Astros in Houston Tuesday, his fourth try at beating them. He is 0-3 with a 9.00 ERA in three starts against them.
--OF Chris Dickerson has hit safely in nine of his 11 major league starts and the rookie is hitting .319 with a four-game hitting streak and has six doubles, a triple and three home runs among his 15 hits for a .471 slugging average.
--RHP Francisco Cordero was not available Sunday, going home for personal reasons, and his closer stand-in David Weathers blew a ninth-inning save, but Cordero is expected back with the team Tuesday when it opens a three-game series against the Astros.
BY THE NUMBERS: 0 -- Number of complete games by the starting pitchers, the only team in the majors without at least one complete game.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I'd love to have some complete games, but too many times our pitchers have a high pitch-count early in the game, at least one inning with a high count, that prevents them from pitching a complete game." -- Manager Dusty Baker.
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