Cards place Berkman on DL; activate Schumaker
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The St. Louis Cardinals have placed first baseman Lance Berkman on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained left calf.
The move is retroactive to April 19.
Berkman, in his second season with the Cardinals, is batting .348 with a pair of runs batted in through seven games. He hit .301 with 31 homers and 94 runs batted in last year, earning NL Comeback Player of the Year honors.
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The Cardinals activated infielder Skip Schumaker off the 15-day disabled list to fill the roster spot. Schumaker had been sidelined since mid-March with a torn right oblique muscle he suffered during an at-bat in spring training.
In 117 games last season, Schumaker hit .283 with two homers and 38 runs batted in. He was 3-for-13 in four games during a rehab assignment with Triple-A Memphis.