RF Carlos Beltran will miss his fourth straight game on Thursday afternoon. The St. Louis Cardinals (22-15) will send 1B Matt Carpenter to right field against the San Francisco Giants (18-19), looking to regain some of the lost production from Beltran's absence.
Carpenter has hit an impressive .273/.340/.523 with 3 home runs so far in the 2012 season, while filling in for 1B Lance Berkman and now Beltran.
Lineups courtesy of SB Nation San Francisco and FOX Sports Midwest:
Cardinals
- 2B Skip Shumaker
- RF Matt Carpenter
- LF Matt Holliday
- 1B Lance Berkman
- 3B David Freese
- C Yadier Molina
- SS Daniel Descalso
- CF Shane Robinson
- SP Adam Wainwright
Giants
- Gregor Blanco RF
- Brandon Crawford SS
- Melky Cabrera LF
- Buster Posey C
- Angel Pagan CF
- Brandon Belt 1B
- Emmanuel Burriss 3B
- Charlie Culberson 2B
- Matt Cain P
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