After starting every game this season for the San Francisco Giants, outfielder Melky Cabrera will sit out tonight’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals as Cabrera deals with a toe injury.
Lineup change for #SFGiants. Melky Cabrera scratched with left toe injury. He had started every game.
— Alex Pavlovic (@AlexPavlovic) May 17, 2012
Cabrera will be replaced with Nate Schierholtz in right field, batting sixth.
New #SFGiants lineup: Blanco LF, Culberson 2B, Pagan CF, Posey C, Pill 1B, Schierholtz RF, Crawford SS, Bumgarner SP, Burriss 3B
— Alex Pavlovic (@AlexPavlovic) May 17, 2012
Cabrera has been playing very well this season, batting .333 with two HR’s, 16 RBI’s and a .867 OPS. Hopefully this won’t be a major concern as the Black and Orange are severely depleted do to injury already.
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