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ST. LOUIS --?Cardinals All-Star Matt Carpenter had to leave Wednesday nights game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third inning with an injury to his right oblique muscle.Carpenter, who was sent to an area hospital for further evaluation, was injured after trying to check his swing.Carpenter was undergoing an MRI postgame and was unavailable for comment following the game, a 7-5 loss. The team was preparing for the likelihood of putting Carpenter on the disabled list and calling up a bench player from Triple-A Memphis.Without offering a prognosis, manager Mike Matheny said he had a high level of concern.Cardinals outfielder?Tommy Pham?injured his oblique muscle on Opening Day and missed a little over a month.Ive felt that injury. Ive seen it, Matheny said. It can be tough, but were not going to make any conclusions until we hear from the people who know what theyre talking about.Carpenter, who was named to the All-Star team by NL manager Terry Collins on Tuesday, clutched his right side and shook his head after trying to check a swing on a 3-and-1 pitch from Jeff Locke. He was examined briefly on the field by a medical trainer before walking off with the trainer and manager Mike Matheny. He was replaced by Kolten Wong, who inherited a 3-and-2 count and popped out on the next pitch.A three-time All-Star, Carpenter leads the National League with a .991 OPS. He suffered a similar injury in 2012 and was forced to miss a month of action with a strained right side.If Carpenter is unable to play in Tuesdays All-Star Game, possibilities to replace him are San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford and Cardinals shortstop Aledmys Diaz, who hit his 12th home run one batter after Carpenter left the game.The Cardinals infield is becoming rapidly depleted. Third baseman Jhonny Peralta left Tuesdays game and was unavailable to play Wednesday because of discomfort in the same left thumb he had surgery on in March. The Cardinals are hopeful Peralta can return to play Thursday or Friday.Additionally, first baseman/outfielder?Brandon Moss?went on the disabled list Tuesday with a sprained ankle.The team also put backup catcher Brayan Pena on the DL before Wednesdays game because of inflammation in his surgically repaired left knee. The Cardinals purchased the contract of catcher Alberto Rosario from Triple-A Memphis. Aaron Rodgers Packers Jersey . A lawyer for MLB, Matthew Menchel, confirmed Wednesday the league dropped its case against Biogenesis of America, its owner Anthony Bosch and several other individuals. The lawsuit had accused Biogenesis and Bosch of conspiring with players to violate their contracts by providing them with banned performance-enhancing substances. Brett Favre Packers Jersey . Radwanska, making her debut in the Seoul tournament, hit eight aces in a match that lasted 1 hour, 4 minutes at Olympic Park tennis stadium. "It was definitely a very good match -- I was playing really good tennis," Radwanska said. http://www.packersrookiestore.com/Packers-Ray-Nitschke-Jersey/ . Spiller left Week 3s 27-20 loss to the New York Jets with a thigh injury, but fully practiced with the team all week and expects to be ready to go on Sunday. Clay Matthews Jersey . In the lead up - which seemed to begin the moment Mike Geiger blew the whistle in Houston last Thursday night - the Impact rumour mill went into overdrive. The speculation went into meltdown mode, of the golden nugget variety. Jaire Alexander Youth Jersey . The quest begins with what is supposed to be an easy one, although Germany has traditionally been a stubborn opponent to Canadian teams at international tournaments. THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Veteran forward Dirk Kuyt scored twice as Feyenoord beat Excelsior 4-1 in a Rotterdam derby to go top of the Dutch Eredivisie after four rounds.Feyenoords victory Saturday and draws Sunday by both defending champion PSV Eindhoven and ADO The Hague means Giovanni van Bronckhorsts team has the leagues only 100-percent record after four matches.PSV squandered a straightforward chance to hold on to its perfect sstart when it could only manage a 0-0 draw against 10-man Groningen.dddddddddddd Striker Luuk de Jong missed a penalty in first-half injury time for PSV as the team fired 37 shots in the frustrating match.Coach Phillip Cocu says, I had the feeling that we could have played another hour and still not scored. ' ' '