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7:10 pm EDT Sat Jul 17, 2010

Ending a nine-game slide to the Colorado Rockies has the NL Central-leading Cincinnati Reds feeling good. Getting Edinson Volquez back earlier than expected from elbow surgery should further raise their spirits. Volquez is scheduled to take the mound for the first time in more than a year when the Reds host the Rockies in the middle game of this series Saturday night. Cincinnati returned from the All-Star break Friday, beating Colorado 3-2 to snap a four-game overall losing streak and a nine-game slide to the Rockies. The Reds lead the Central by one-half game over St. Louis, and Volquez’s return could help them create some breathing room. The right-hander will make his first start since undergoing Tommy John surgery last August. He hasn’t appeared for the Reds since getting hurt in a win at St. Louis on June 1, 2009, ending his season with a 4-2 record and 4.35 ERA in nine starts. The previous year, he led Cincinnati with a career-high 17 wins and made the All-Star team.

Volquez, who hadn’t been expected to return until August, was also suspended 50 games earlier this season after testing positive for a banned fertility substance. His presence will be welcome in a Cincinnati rotation missing Aaron Harang and Homer Bailey. However, manager Dusty Baker is tempering expectations for Volquez. Volquez is 0-1 with a 7.20 ERA in two starts against Colorado. The Rockies, who opened a season-high 11-game road trip Friday, have dropped consecutive games following a six-game winning streak that put them in the thick of the NL West race. Jorge De La Rosa will make his second start since returning from a torn tendon in his left middle finger. The left-hander, who led Colorado with a career-high 16 wins last year, was tagged for seven runs - five earned - with six strikeouts in 4 1-3 innings of a 10-8 win over San Diego on July 9, hours after being activated from the disabled list.