--OF Jerry Hairston Jr. (sore right hamstring) is working out, but it is uncertain if or when he will come off the disabled list. His presence is needed, manager Dusty Baker said, "because we're short of outfielders after losing Ryan Freel, Norris Hopper, Hairston, Ken Griffey Jr. and Adam Dunn this season."
--2B Brandon Phillips was announced as the Reds' winner of the Roberto Clemente Award for outstanding play on the field and dedicated work in the community. --RHP Josh Fogg (2-7, 7.29), who came up through the Pirates' system, starts Thursday against his old team. He is 1-2 against Pittsburgh for his career with a 10.42 ERA in four starts, including a 5-2 loss in PNC Park on Aug. 13 during which he gave up four runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings.
--RHP Johnny Cueto (8-12, 4.65) missed one start with a sore elbow, but he returns to the rotation Saturday at home against the Cubs.
--C Ryan Hanigan has hit safely in his past seven starts (8-for-23, .348) and has caught the team's only complete game, which was thrown by RHP Bronson Arroyo.
BY THE NUMBERS: 24 -- Home runs by 3B Edwin Encarnacion, a career-high, to go along with 21 errors, four shy of his career-high.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I said in spring training that 3B Edwin Encarnacion was my pick to have a big season, his best, and he is doing that in the home run category." -- Manager Dusty Baker, on Encarnacion's career-best 24 home runs, but he's hitting only .252 and has only 57 RBIs.
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