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--SS Alex Gonzalez, hitting .069, was given Monday off against the Astros, replaced by SS Paul Janish. Manager Dusty Baker called it one day off for Gonzalez to clear his head.
--C Ryan Hanigan started Monday against the Astros in place of regular C Ramon Hernandez (.188). Hanigan also started the previous two games started by RHP Bronson Arroyo, who started Monday.
--RHP Micah Owings, who starts Tuesday in Chicago, leads the team's pinch-hitters with two RBIs. He is second on the team with two pinch-hits, one behind OF Darnell McDonald.
--LHP Arthur Rhodes, 39, retired the first nine batters he faced this year and has retired 13 of the 17 he faced in his first five appearances. But on Monday he filled the bases in the eighth while protecting a one-run lead before striking out RF Hunter Pence on the 10th pitch of the at-bat.
MEDICAL WATCH:
RF Jay Bruce (right hand) didn't play April 18-20 but expects to be back April 21.
ROTATION:
RHP Aaron Harang
RHP Edinson Volquez
RHP Bronson Arroyo
RHP Johnny Cueto
RHP Micah Owings
BULLPEN:
RHP Francisco Cordero (closer)
RHP David Weathers
LHP Arthur Rhodes
RHP Jared Burton
RHP Mike Lincoln
LHP Daniel Ray Herrera
RHP Nick Masset
CATCHERS:
Ramon Hernandez
Ryan Hanigan
INFIELDERS:
1B Joey Votto
2B Brandon Phillips
SS Alex Gonzalez
3B Edwin Encarnacion
INF Paul Janish
INF Laynce Nix
OUTFIELDERS:
LF Chris Dickerson
CF Willy Taveras
RF Jay Bruce
OF/INF Jerry Hairston Jr.
OF Darnell McDonald
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