Bonds’ Return Is Likely

Barry Bonds probably will return to the San Francisco Giants’ lineup today.

Bonds, who is on bereavement leave, returned home from New York on Thursday to be with his ailing father. But after Monday’s 4-0 loss to Montreal, Giant Manager Felipe Alou told reporters that “Barry will probably be back [Tuesday].”

Bonds missed the team’s four-game series in Montreal as San Francisco extended its season-high losing streak to six games.

Right-hander Felix Rodriguez was activated from the 15-day disabled list following Monday’s game. Rodriguez, out with strained muscles in his right side since Aug. 3, is 6-2 with two saves and a 3.59 ERA.

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Atlanta first baseman Julio Franco was put on the 15-day disabled list after breaking a finger in an accident.

Franco was talking with a teammate in the weight room when an 80-pound dumbbell rolled over the middle finger on his left hand.

He was taken to Piedmont Hospital, where X-rays confirmed the fracture. He also needed four stitches to close a cut, which will keep him out a week to 10 days.

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Commissioner Bud Selig probably will announce some time after the World Series whether he will reinstate Pete Rose, former Rose teammate Mike Schmidt said.

Schmidt said Sunday that he and two of Rose’s former teammates, Joe Morgan and Johnny Bench, met with Selig last month at the Hall of Fame.

According to Schmidt, Selig said he would not announce any decision on Rose’s status before the postseason.

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Left-hander Gabe White pitched a scoreless inning in his first minor league rehabilitation start for the New York Yankees.... The Cincinnati Reds put infielder Brandon Larson on the 15-day disabled list because of an injured left shoulder. Larson became the 17th Red player to go on the disabled list this season.... The Reds also acquired minor league left-hander Tyler Pelland from Boston to complete the trade that sent reliever Scott Williamson to the Red Sox last month. Pelland, 19, went 3-4 with a 1.62 earned-run average for Sarasota in the Gulf Coast League.