When: 7:10 p.m. today and Saturday; 1:15 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Great American Ball Park.
TV: Fox Sports Net, today.
Radio: WLW-AM (700).
Records: Reds 17-18, fourth place in the National League Central. Brewers 12-22, sixth place in the NL Central.
The arms: Today - RHP Chris Reitsma (2-1, 6.28 ERA) vs. RHP Matt Kinney (2-2, 3.09); Saturday - RHP John Riedling (0-0, 4.50) vs. RHP Ben Sheets (3-3, 4.77); Sunday - RHP Jeff Austin (1-1, 4.15) vs. LHP Wayne Franklin (1-3, 6.47).
The bats: The Brewers are hitting .241 as a team. But they are fourth in home runs and fifth in runs scored. Richie Sexson is having a big year - .271, 11 home runs, 23 RBI. Royce Clayton is hitting only .248 but has five home runs and 17 RBI.
The rest: The Brewers were off Thursday. The Reds won 13 games of the 19-game series last year, but the teams split 10 games in Cincinnati.
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