Sunday, October 2, 2016

Matt Holliday Gets One Last Sendoff; Lourdes Gourriel Has Cardinals Intrigued; Alex Reyes, Carlos Martinez Held Back; Extra Bases

What the crowd at Busch Stadium didn’t know as it began and sustained a chant for Matt Holliday — “Holliday … Holliday … Holliday” — was that the Cardinals’ outfielder was not available to hit. His thumb, the fractured digit that kept him on the disabled list until this weekend, had swollen to the point trainers would not give him clearance to swing.

Post-Dispatch

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