Cardinals Add Five To Active Roster

PITCHERS GONZALES, GREENWOOD & LYONS AND CATCHER TONY CRUZ RECALLED;

RELIEVER JASON MOTTE ACTIVATED FROM 15-DAY D.L. 

            ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 2, 2014 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced that they have added five players to their active roster prior to tonight’s game against the Pirates, bringing the number of players on their active roster to 31.

Recalled today from the minors were left-handed pitchers Marco GonzalesNick Greenwood and Tyler Lyons and catcher Tony Cruz.  Right-handed reliever Jason Motte (lower back strain) was activated from the 15-day disabled list.

Lyons fanned a career high eight batters in 4.2 innings of relief in Game 1 of last Saturday’s double-header versus Chicago, the most by a Cardinals relief pitcher since 1978.  Gonzales earned his first Major League win in the Cardinals 13-2 win over Chicago in Game 2 of the Saturday twin bill – allowing  just one run and three hits in his 6.0 innings of work.

Greenwood has appeared in 16 games during this, his rookie season, and he has worked multiple innings in 11 of those games while also earning a pair of wins.

Cruz has appeared in 43 games for the Cardinals this season, having already started a career-high 33 games with 299.0 innings caught.

Motte, on the disabled list since August 2, worked a scoreless inning in relief during an injury rehabilitation assignment with Springfield (AA) on Sunday, August 31 at Tulsa.   Motte is 0-0, 4.91 ERA in 24 games with the Cardinals this season.

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