"Reds Gold Glove third baseman Scott Rolen was out of the lineup Monday night for the second straight game. He has strep throat.

"My daughter's been sick," he said. "She brought that stuff home from kindergarten Thursday. I felt miserable Saturday. Saturday, we talked about getting one of these days off. The doctor looked at it yesterday and said you've got strep throat. I assumed I was playing today. I came and (Dusty Baker) said I'm not in.

"Mercy benching."

Rolen went 0-for-5 Saturday in the 11-inning marathon.

"It's been a battle," he said. "Saturday, at 7-2, I thought I made it. My goal was to finish the game. After they tied it, I wasn't sure I was actually going to finish the game.""