LEADING OFF: Cards' Flaherty out, Manoah up, Lou Gehrig Day

A look at what's happening around the majors on Wednesday:

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FOR THE BIRDS

The Cardinals will need to re-do their rotation now that ace Jack Flaherty will be sidelined for a while with what manager Mike Shildt termed a “significant” oblique injury.

Flaherty, who leads the majors with eight wins, left Monday night’s start against the Los Angeles Dodgers with tightness in his left side. Shildt said St. Louis was still trying to determine the grade of Flaherty’s injury, but added that it was going to take a while to heal.

“It is not a minimal situation. It is a real strain or tear,” Shildt said Tuesday.

Flaherty was 8-1 with a 2.90 ERA in 11 starts this season. The Cardinals are 9-2 in games he started. It is the first time in Flaherty’s five big league seasons that he is on the injured list.

Shildt said he is still evaluating how to adjust his rotation. Flaherty’s next start was slated for Saturday against Cincinnati.

St. Louis placed Flaherty on the 10-day IL and called up Johan Oviedo from Triple-A Memphis.

ENCORE

Toronto rookie Alek Manoah faces Miami in his second career start after a sparkling major league debut at Yankee Stadium last Thursday, when he allowed two hits over six innings in a 2-0 win against New York. The 6-foot-6, 285-pound, 2019 first-round draft pick struck out seven and walked two in an 88-pitch outing.

Pablo López (1-3, 2.71 ERA) pitches for the Marlins against Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays. Guerrero had a career-best four hits Tuesday night, including his major league-leading 17th home run, as the Blue Jays celebrated the return to their temporary Buffalo home with a 5-1 victory over Miami.

The Blue Jays are unable to play in Toronto for a second straight season because of Canadian...

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