--SS Alex Gonzalez took infield and batting practice Monday to test his sore left side and will be examined Tuesday to see if he is ready to return to the lineup.
--RF Jay Bruce threw out Arizona's Eric Byrnes trying to stretch a single into a double Monday. It was Bruce's sixth assist, tops for an outfielder in the NL. --RHP Micah Owings has two pinch-hit home runs in his career that tied a game. The only other pitcher in the last 50 years with two pinch-hit home runs that tied games is Milwaukee's RHP Brooks Kieschnick in 2005 and 2006.
--C Ramon Hernandez caught RHP Bronson Arroyo Monday, the first time in Arroyo's seven starts that Ryan Hanigan has not caught him. Hernandez played 1B the last four games and Hanigan caught all four.
--CF Willy Taveras has a 12-game hitting streak and leads the team in runs (24) and stolen bases (eight).
MEDICAL WATCH:
1B Joey Votto (flu) did not play May 7-10.
SS Alex Gonzalez (strained left oblique) left the May 4 game and did not play May 5-10.
2B Brandon Phillips (flu) did not play May 7-8. He returned to the lineup May 9.
3B Edwin Encarnacion (chip fracture in left wrist) went on the 15-day disabled list April 28. He might miss two to three weeks.
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 Jerry Hairston Jr.
INF Paul Janish
INF Adam Rosales
INF Laynce Nix
OUTFIELDERS:
LF Chris Dickerson
CF Willy Taveras
RF Jay Bruce
OF Darnell McDonald
