MINNEAPOLIS — St. Louis Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras is headed to the injured record for the second time this season after he broke a finger when he was hit by a pitch in Saturday’s 6-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins.
Contreras was main off the fourth inning when Twins pitcher Pablo Lopez got here up and in. Contreras could not get out of the best way because the ball struck his proper hand.
He was serving because the Cardinals’ designated hitter, so he stayed within the recreation to run the bases and see if the ache and swelling would go down, however he was changed by pinch-hitter Matt Carpenter within the sixth.
“We took a blow in the present day,” Cardinals supervisor Oliver Marmol mentioned. “It has been a tricky yr. He is been beat up fairly a bit. He is fought by way of lots of it. He is performed with some ache.”
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Marmol mentioned Ivan Herrera could be recalled from Triple-A Memphis to share catching duties with Pedro Pages whereas Contreras recuperates.
Contreras is in his second season with the Cardinals after enjoying the primary seven seasons with the Chicago Cubs. He missed six weeks earlier this season after fracturing his left forearm in a recreation on Might 7.
