41 Mitchell Boggs, RP

Cardinals reliever Mitchell Boggs, who lost his closer's job and was sent to Triple-A to work on his mechanics, is set to be recalled Sunday, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Cardinals are planning to place Jaime Garcia on the 15-day disabled list with a shoulder strain.

Boggs has a 5.06 ERA for Triple-A Memphis in 5 1/3 innings, with five walks and four strikeouts. He had a 12.66 ERA in 10 2/3 innings in the majors before his demotion. 

Cardinals reliever Mitchell Boggs has thrown five scoreless innings since being demoted to Triple-A Memphis. Manager Mike Matheny told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Tuesday that he has kept in contact with Boggs and the staff at Memphis since sending the right-hander down.

"It sounds like he’s made some good mechanical adjustments," Matheny said. "It looks like he’s in a real good spot."

Matheny added that Boggs should continue to concentrate on getting better and not when he will be recalled, however.

"He needs not to even think about (coming back)," Matheny said. "Anybody who gets sent down needs to focus all their attention on what they need to do that particular day to help that team they’re with. The other stuff works itself out. Otherwise, you end up making the process much more difficult than it should be. Just control how you pitch. And it will work itself out."

Cardinals relievers Mitchell Boggs and Marc Rzepczynski have made some progress since being demoted to the minors, MLB.com reports.

Boggs made his first appearance for Triple-A Memphis Sunday and worked a scoreless inning. The right-hander posted a 12.66 ERA in 14 appearances in the majors.

Rzepczynski has allowed two runs over 4 1/3 innings pitched for Memphis after posting a 7.88 ERA in nine appearances for St. Louis.

"It sounds like they're getting some things going in a good direction," manager Mike Matheny said Tuesday.