By Cardinals Press Release & Chris Brown – STL Baseball Today
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The St. Louis Cardinals have recalled infielder Greg Garcia from Memphis (AAA) today. Left-handed pitcher Tyler Lyons was optioned to Memphis following Saturday night’s game at San Diego.
Garcia, 25, was batting .294 with 36 RBI through 94 games for Memphis, playing primarily at shortstop with starts at third base and second base. He ranked 20th in the Pacific Coast League in batting (.294), 4th in on-base percentage (.401) and T18th in walks (48). Garcia was named the Cardinals Minor League Player of the Month for May after batting .361 during the month. He is making his third appearance of 2015 with St. Louis and batted .350 (7-20) in 16 games in his previous games with the Cards.
Lyons, 27, had been with St. Louis since a recall on Aug. 7, his fourth time with the Big League club. During his most recent stint he made three relief appearances totaling 7.2 innings, including a scoreless 5.1 innings of relief vs. PIT (8/13).
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Garcia is in the Cardinals lineup on Sunday afternoon as they look to avoid being swept by the Padres in San Diego, batting eighth and playing second base:
8/23 #STLCards lineup at SD:
Carpenter 3B
Pham CF
Peralta SS
Heyward RF
Molina C
Piscotty LF
Reynolds 1B
Garcia 2B
Wacha SP— STL Baseball Today (@STLBBToday) August 23, 2015
G. Garcia recalled and is in Cards' lineup http://t.co/vJcdOey6VH via @stltoday #STLCards
— STL Baseball Today (@STLBBToday) August 23, 2015
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