MINNEAPOLIS -- Trevor Plouffe has been scratched from the Minnesota Twins lineup and placed on the disabled list after aggravating a right thumb injury during batting practice before a game against the Cleveland Indians. Alexi Casilla was inserted into the lineup at second base, and Jamey Carroll moved to third for Fridays game. Plouffe hasnt played since he hurt the thumb during a July 20 game against Kansas City. Danny Valencia, who was replaced by Plouffe at third base early in the season, is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Rochester on Saturday. Valencia hit .250 with seven home runs and 37 RBIs since joining Rochester on May 10. Plouffe, second on the Twins with 19 home runs, is having a breakout season. He homered in four straight games from June 12-15 and was hitting .328 over 17 games before getting hurt. Coach Outlet . But, these days ... not so much. 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Halladay, 4-1 in his last six starts, is 110-0 when he is staked to a lead of at least four runs. Halladay (9-7) scattered eight hits over 7 1-3 innings, allowing one run with five strikeouts and one walk. Philadelphia won two of three in the series against the NL Central leaders. The two-time Cy Young Award winner isnt as sharp as he would like to be these days, but he is getting better. "Roy did fine," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "As his arm gets stronger, hell get more velocity. He has good movement. He made pitches when he had to." Halladay felt much better considering his last start was his shortest outing since his July 17 return from the disabled list. "It was good. There were a couple pitches here and there that were problems because of location as much as anything," Halladay said. "They (the Reds) had some good at-bats." All-Star first baseman Joey Votto returned to the Reds lineup for the first time since July 15 and lined the third pitch he saw in 52 days to left field for a single with two outs in the first inning. "I thought Joey Votto would be more rusty," Halladay said. The Reds went 32-16 while Votto was out due to two operations related to a torn meniscus in his left knee. Votto finished 2-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout for Cincinnati, which lost a series for just the third time in 16 matchups since the All-Star break (11-3-2). "It went better than expected," Votto said. "Unfortunately it came in a loss." Reds manager Dusty Baker had his eye on the 2010 NL MVP. "Joey was fine. I think the rehab really helped," Baker said. "I was going to take him out, but he said he was fine." Jay Bruce homered for the fourth consecutive game, but it wasnt enough to rally the Reds in the ninth inning. For the second time in less than three weeks, Reds starter Mike Leake was roughed up by the Phillies. 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Leake was knocked out of the game in the third inning after he issued a leadoff walk to Juan Pierre and gave up Utleys 10th homer of the season, a 414-foot drive to centre field on the first pitch. "Chase finally got one out to centre," Manuel said. "His power is still there. Hes been hitting into tough luck. It seems like every time he hits the ball hard someone catches it." Baker pulled Leake from the game after Howard flew out to the warning track in left field, and Mayberry lined a double off the top of the left field wall. "He was getting the ball up," Baker said. "The three-run home run was a slider that didnt slide." Bruce drove in both Reds runs. He doubled with two outs in the fourth to drive in Chris Heisey, and led off the ninth against Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon with an opposite-field shot for his 32nd homer of the season. Notes: Brown snapped a 0-for-19 slump with his second-inning RBI single. ... The Phillies finished 4-3 against the Reds this season. Philadelphia has won nine consecutive season series against the Reds since Cincinnati went 5-4 in 2003. ... Reds SS Zack Cozart missed his second consecutive start because of a sore back, Baker said. Didi Gregorius made his major league debut by starting in Cozarts place. ... Cincinnati and Philadelphia both have Thursday off. The Phillies will face Colorado on Friday in the first game of a six-game homestand. The Reds will open a three-game home series against Houston. ' ' '