Red Sox

1. Jacoby Ellsbury lf
   
2. Dustin Pedroia 2b
3. J.D. Drew rf
4. Mike Lowell 3b
5. Kevin Youkilis 1b
6. Coco Crisp cf
7. Julio Lugo ss Joey Cora ss
   
8. Kevin Cash c
9. Tim Wakefield p

Redlegs

1. Jay Bruce cf
2. Paul Janish ss
3. Ken Griffey, Jr. rf
4. Brandon Phillips 2b
5. Adam Dunn lf
6. Edwin Encarnacion 3b
7. Joey Votto 1b
8. Paul Bako c
   
9. Edinson Volquez p
   

Transaction, Gary Majewski was activated from the bereavement list after the birth of his daughter. Danny Herrera was sent to Class AAA Louisville.

"He’s going back, but I told him he’s impressed us and he’s impressed his teammates, which is equally or more important," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "It’s never been easy for him, sometimes it makes you hungrier because he knows what he can do. Right now with the numbers, his permanent time is not now, his temporary time is here now, it’s not his permanent time now."

Baker likes what he's seen from Herrera, the 5-foot-6 lefty.

"He works hard, he wants it, he’s not scared," Baker said. "A guy that stature, you know he’s had to fight all the odds to get here, to even sign in the first place. Especially in the day of the radar gun, they want the 6-5, 225 pound guy throwing 95 even if he’s not getting anybody out."

* Lineup change: Julio Lugo is out of the game with an "upset stomach." Joey Cora batting in his spot.

* Dusty Baker said Jolbert Cabrera will get a start at shortstop sometime soon, but he didn't want it to be today.

".A lot of it depends on who is pitching for us more than who is pitching against us," Baker said. "(Edinson) Volquez is throwing more ground balls and (Bronson) Arroyo throwing more fly balls."

The team is better defensively with Janish, and with him there and more ground balls, the team can be better.

Baker also said he didn't want to give him a day off after four strikeouts in Friday's game, because you need to get right back into action to try to get that off your mind. Baker told him the story of the time he struck out four times in a game and in his last at-bat he tried to bunt in his last at-bat just so he wouldn't strike out. He missed the bunt and ended up strking out. When he got back to his dugout, his teammates gave him a standing ovation.

And yes, closet Cub fans, he's heard the complaints about Janish batting second.

"A guy got on me about him batting second, I can’t have too many outs at the bottom either and give them an easy inning," Baker said. "I figured, with Junior behind him, they’ll give him something to hit or I can hit-and-run or bunt a guy over."

* Baker was asked about his team playing better against the better teams, including Friday's 3-1 win over the Red Sox.

"That is a tough one. You would hope the day would come soon that you play at your level versus at playing at their level. That’s what I’m working on," Baker said. "That’s something that sometiems takes time. If you’re going to be a winner, you’ve got to have other people play up to your level and not you up tio their’s.

"A lot of it depends on what kind of pitching performance you get that day. That’s what most of it depends on it. If we pitch well that day, we usually win. We’re trying to get to the point of consistency over a long period of time, which sometimes, al the time you want it, but it’s tough to expect when you have such a young staff."

"You want to build Rome today, but Rome wasn’t built overnight, even though you want it built."