CINCINNATI, Ohio -- The Reds lost a game to the weather -- a recurring problem this season -- and took a couple more steps toward getting some injured players back on the roster. The opening game of a series with the Chicago Cubs was postponed on Monday following a 57-minute delay to the first pitch. It was the eighth postponement in 12 years at Great American Ball Park. The game wasnt immediately rescheduled. Manager Bryan Price said the game wont be made up during this series. The Cubs visit for a four-game series from July 7-10. "Theres no way well make it up in this series," Price said. "The way it works out, well probably be able to make it up during that series in July before the All-Star break." Rain has been a problem in Cincinnati this season. The Reds have had one game postponed and another suspended overnight because of rain. Theyve had rain delays for four of the 10 games totalling 8 hours, 57 minutes. The teams will stay on schedule with their starters. Chicagos Jeff Samardzija will face the Reds Alfredo Simon on Tuesday night. It will be Simons first scheduled start since an unidentified woman filed a civil lawsuit against him in a Washington, D.C. court last Thursday, claiming he sexually assaulted her in a hotel one year ago. "I take him at his word that nothing happened and hes assured me that hes ready to pitch and his focus is on pitching," Price said. Simon has been one of Cincinnatis best starters while filling in for the injured Mat Latos, who had surgery to repair torn cartilage in his right knee on Feb. 14. Simon is 3-1 with a 1.30 earned run average in four starts. Latos had a setback in his recovery from the knee problem when he developed soreness in his pitching forearm near the elbow. He has resumed playing catch and could get back to throwing off the bullpen mound later this week. "Once we get him on the mound a couple of times, then we go out there and do a simulated game and then get him into rehab games," Price said. "Hes not like starting from square one, even though hes just playing catch now. "If we dont have any setbacks, we should be able to progress pretty quickly through this rehab." Closer Aroldis Chapman is scheduled to throw to Reds batters again on Tuesday before the game. If that goes well, he could start a rehab stint in the minors. Chapman was hit on the forehead by a line drive on March 19 and had a metal plate inserted in his forehead to help fractures heal. "If everything goes well with that (on Tuesday), then we anticipate getting him out on a short rehab and then having him back with us pretty quickly," Price said. Samardzija is trying to break a streak of 11 straight starts without a win since last Aug. 30. Samardzija has pitched well -- quality starts his last eight games -- but the Cubs have scored only 21 runs while he was on the mound in the last 10 games. Last Wednesday, Samardzija left with a 5-2 lead before Arizona rallied for a 7-5 win. The Cubs havent fared well against the Reds overall. They dropped two of three at Wrigley Field this month and havent won the season series against Cincinnati since 2009. Theyre 6-16 against Cincinnati over the last two seasons and 10-28 over the last three. NOTES: Cubs RH Jake Arrieta will be activated off the DL and could start later this week. Hes been sidelined since March 21 with tightness in his pitching shoulder. RH Carlos Villanueva will move into the bullpen. ... RF Nate Schierholtz was going to get a day off. ... The Reds Skip Schumaker started a rehab assignment at Triple-A Louisville on Monday. Hes recovering from a separated left shoulder sustained during spring training. 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Martin Adams on Michael van Gerwen He was very young. He looked like he should have been in bed and not playing out as it were. He knew how to score, how to count. Thats always a big bonus in any darts match.He was a young player, who was good at what he was doing, and he looked like he could have a good future. He certainly had a talent for it.Wolfie Adams was beaten 7-5 by a 17-year-old Van Gerwen in the 2006 World Masters final, but Mighty Mike then endured a worrying slump in form. Michael van Gerwen fired in a 164 checkout during his Premier League win over Phil Taylor in Rotterdam Van Gerwen has since re-emerged as the sports top player and Adams believes young talents need time to develop their mental strength.Adams said: No, I wouldnt say I was surprised, no. He had a spell when he first went to the PDC where nothing went right at all and you did question his mind. Will he ever come out of that slump and climb back up?Something clicks and I think he stopped thinking about it and just concentrated on his darts and winning.If theyre thinking too much about it, thinking about who theyre playing, and how good that player is - forget all that. Just get on and play your game. Think about how good you are. You know how good you are - go aand prove it.dddddddddddd. Dont tell me how good you, show me. Adams played alongside Van Gerwen on the BBO tour before the Dutchmans switch to the PDC Youve got to have self-belief, youve got to not worry about your opponent, worry too much about what hes going to do. Youll be seeing what hes going to do, because hell be doing it in front of you.Take advantage of his mistakes, his mistakes will be missed doubles. Take advantage of that and thats what Michael does. He does it very, very well.Van Gerwen set a record average of 123.4 earlier in the Premier League season, the highest mark in the history of televised darts. Michael van Gerwen set a new record for the highest televised average score, beating Phil Taylors previous record Adams insists sky-high averages are a regular occurrence, although he accepts that Van Gerwen might not ever hit those scoring heights again in front of the cameras.My guess is, thats not the highest ever average thats been recorded somewhere, he said. It might be the highest ever recorded on telly. Adams open to Slam return Martin Wolfie Adams happy to return to this years Grand Slam of Darts Those sort of games will crop up so often by different players. It could be Michaels most exceptional game of all time and ever. He might not ever achieve again, he may do, he may not.I dont read too much into it personally. 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