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He was serving as the Cardinals’ designated hitter, so he stayed in the game to run the bases and see if the pain and swelling would go down, but he was replaced by pinch-hitter Matt Carpenter in the sixth.
“We took a blow today,” Marmol said at the time. “It’s been a tough year. He’s been beat up quite a bit. He’s fought through a lot of it. He’s played with some pain.”
Contreras is in his second season with the Cardinals after playing the first seven seasons with the Chicago Cubs. He missed six weeks earlier this season after fracturing his left forearm in a game on May 7.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
