St. Louis Cardinals

Cardinals third baseman David Freese was out of the lineup for the third game in a row Wednesday against the Padres as he continues to deal with inflammation from a cut on his right thumb.

Freese, who is day-to-day, was spiked in Sunday's game. 

The Cardinals have placed reliever Fernando Salas on the 15-day DL with right shoulder inflammation, MLB.com reports.

Salas owns a 3.86 ERA and 4.0 K/BB in 16 1/3 innings. Tyler Lyons, Jaime Garcia's replacement in the starting rotation, will take Salas's roster spot.

Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter is hoping to join the rotation by late June or early July, CBSSports.com's Scott Miller reports.

The Cardinals initially thought a nerve condition in Carpenter's shoulder would cause him to miss the season. Progress in a throwing program allowed Carpenter to speculate on returning in the bullpen. Now, with Jaime Garcia out for the year following shoulder surgery, Carpenter is going to try and join the rotation.

The club has stated nothing is a sure thing, but Carpenter's status is a far sight better now than it was in February, when all bets were on his retirement.

Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia will undergo surgery on his left shoulder, CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman reports.

Garcia first suffered the shoulder problem May 17 against Milwaukee. He is expected to miss the remainder of the season. Tyler Lyons will take his spot in the rotation for now, but expect that to be in flux with Jake Westbrook's return on the horizon.

Cardinals outfielder Carlos Beltran knocked in his 28th and 29th runs Tuesday against San Diego.

Beltran finished 2 for 5 with two singles and a run scored as well. Beltran is hitting .296/.329/.516 on the season.