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The Cardinals needed a fresh arm in the pen, and James Naile drew the short straw. He’ll head back to the minors to serve as organizational depth for St. Louis.

Varsho said he was already feeling it prior to the game Friday, which he left in the third inning. No MRI is planned at this time, and it appears that he’s day-to-day. Myles Straw figured to start at least Saturday’s game in this place.

Guerrero said he caught his left index finger in the runner’s jersey. Fortunately, it seems disaster was averted. Guerrero was 1-for-4 with an RBI tonight.

Wisdom was just added to the big league roster on Tuesday when Rob Refsnyder went on the paternity list and he suffered the strained oblique the following day. No word yet on how long he’ll be shelved for, but they usually take at least a couple of weeks at a minimum to recover from. Refsnyder was activated in a corresponding move prior to Friday’s contest.

Refsnyder had been away from the team since Tuesday. The 35-year-old is hitless in 17 at-bats for the Mariners this season with a 5/3 K/BB ratio in his limited action.

Cole, who is returning from elbow surgery, struck out three in the 44-pitch outing. All of the runs came on a homer from Aroon Escobar in the second. There’s no Statcast in Double-A games, but it sounds like Cole’s velocity was down slightly from his shorter spring starts, though he was OK with that. “I didn’t feel like I needed to add any more today,” Cole said. “And it was kind of a nice working pace, and the offspeed was thrown with the same intensity. I was pleased with the changeup today. The curveball was very sharp. I didn’t make any mistakes with that pitch. The slider was good, I hung the one slider that was the double. The fastball was good overall.” The Yankees haven’t announced they date or location of Cole’s second rehab start.

The Jays are stretched pretty thin in the outfield right now, so hopefully this will be a day-to-day situation. Myles Straw will play center if Varsho can’t on Saturday.

It looks like we’re not going to find out the actual problem until after the game. Leo Rivas replaced him at third base.

It figures to be a brief IL stint for Ryan, who might be next in line if a spot opens up in the Dodgers rotation. He’s pitched just twice for Oklahoma City, giving up four earned runs and striking out 10 in seven innings.

Shay Whitcomb entered in his place. Paredes was supposed to get tonight off, but the Astros had him pinch-hit for Nick Allen in the fourth. If Paredes can’t do Saturday, then Allen could again start at shortstop, with Carlos Correa playing third base.

“I’m not super concerned about it,” he said. “I obviously want to be on the field helping us win. Just going to get it looked at and kind of go from there.” Brice Matthews is more likely to play if Loperfido can’t go Saturday.