Recent MLB News
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| Matt Carpenter (3B) STL |
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Carpenter, who suffered a strained right oblique while hitting a first-inning double, has been placed on the 15-day disabled list, The Sports Xchange reports. |
| While it's admirable how well the Cards are doing without Albert Pujols, we wonder just how many injuries the team can parry before the wins start getting much harder to come by. As for Carpenter, he made for a nice free agent pickup over the weekend given his expanded playing time, but you can now add him to the current St. Louis injury heap. |
| Jason Heyward (OF) ATL |
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Heyward is not in Wednesday's starting lineup for the Braves, reports Dave O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. |
| Heyward has cooled down since his torrid April. With just 19 hits in his last 94 at-bats, he sits for the day and Eric Hinske, who is 11-for-28 (.393) in his career against Reds starter Bronson Arroyo, will play right field. |
| Hector Sanchez (C) SF |
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Sanchez found himself in the unfamiliar position of hitting cleanup Wednesday against the Brewers, and went 1-for-5 with three RBI. |
| He did his best impression of a cleanup hitter with the bases loaded in the third, ripping a bases-clearing double. Sanchez had never found himself in the four hole in his first 33 games in the majors, and like as not Buster Posey will reclaim that spot next time out. |
| Aramis Ramirez (3B) MIL |
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Ramirez's first-inning bases-clearing double Wednesday against the Giants gave him extra-base hits in four straight games. He finished 2-for-5 with three RBI. |
| Aramis has had trouble getting it going this year, but with a homer, three doubles and six RBI in his last four games, he just might finally be coming around. |
| Norichika Aoki (OF) MIL |
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Aoki went 1-for-3 with a walk, his first big-league steal and two runs in Wednesday's win over the Giants. |
| Aoki stole as many as 31 bases in a season when he played in Japan, but swiped a career-low eight last year before coming over to the bigs this year. He's been a serviceable fourth outfielder for the Brewers. |
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