When: Today - 10:15 p.m.; Wednesday - 10:05 p.m.; Thursday - 3:35 p.m.

Where: SBC Park, San Francisco

TV: FSN (Today, Wednesday)

Radio: WLW-AM (700)

Records: Reds, 51-54; Giants, 57-50

The arms: Today: Reds RHP Cory Lidle (6-9, 5.32 ERA) vs. Giants RHP Dustin Hermanson (4-4, 4.59); Wednesday: Reds RHP Jose Acevedo (4-10, 6.33) vs. Giants RHP Brett Tomko (5-6, 4.72); Thursday: Reds RHP Aaron Harang (6-3, 4.53) vs. Giants TBA

The bats: Giants left fielder Barry Bonds leads the majors with a .349 batting average, .599 on-base percentage and a .755 slugging percentage. His 80 intentional walks are 35 more than any other team. ... Right fielder Michael Tucker has a seven-game hitting streak. ... Outfielder Dustin Mohr is batting .500 (5-for-10) with one home run and two RBI over the past five games.

The rest: San Francisco has lost six of its past eight games, and is two games behind the Padres in the wild-card standings. ... Since May 25, the Giants are 21-10 at SBC Park. ... San Francisco leads the all-time series 1,102-894, and won two of three against the Reds earlier this season at Great American Ball Park.