Jarrett Hoffpauir, 2B, St. Louis Cardinals
CALLED UP: Contract purchased from Triple-A Memphis on July 1 when P Clayton Mortensen was sent down.
DEBUT: July 3 in a 7-4 win over Cincinnati. Pinch-hitting for LF Chris Duncan in the eighth inning, he drew a walk and remained in the game at second base, with Skip Schumacher moving to left. In his next at-bat, he delivered a two-out, two-run single in the ninth to give the Cards the lead.
NOTES: Hoffpauir, no relation to Cubs rookie Micah Hoffpauir, became the 15th rookie to play for the Cardinals this season and the ninth to make his Major League debut. A sixth-round pick in 2004 out of Southern Mississippi, he was hitting .276 with 10 homers and 31 RBIs at Memphis and was the organization's Minor League Player of the Month for June, hitting .327 in that span. The move was made to give the club some infield flexibility after newly acquired veteran Mark DeRosa suffered a wrist injury and shortstop Khalil Greene went on the DL earlier in the week. Limited pretty much to second base, Hoffpauir does not have the defensive versatility of DeRosa, but he was hitting .340 against left-handers, so he's a valuable bat.
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