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Jaime Garcia Injury: Elbow Soreness Sidelines St. Louis Cardinals Starter

A Jaime Garcia injury is the last thing the St. Louis Cardinals need. Luckily this looks to be a minor case of elbow discomfort.

ST. LOUIS, MO - MAY 26: Starter Jaime Garcia #54 of the St. Louis Cardinals pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies at Busch Stadium on May 26, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri.  (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
ST. LOUIS, MO - MAY 26: Starter Jaime Garcia #54 of the St. Louis Cardinals pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies at Busch Stadium on May 26, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
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The St. Louis Cardinals' pitching staff took another blow it didn't particular need Wednesday, when it came out that Jaime Garcia would miss his next start with something described, for the moment, as elbow discomfort. B.J. Rains reports that MRIs were negative, and no specific injury has been discovered, but that's cold comfort for a team that just watched No. 4 starter Kyle Lohse give up five earned runs in as many innings.

The good news is that the Cardinals won't need to bring a spot starter out from their messy bullpen; the Cardinals will use their off day to reset their rotation without Garcia, bringing him back on his normal turn after a long weekend off.

Garcia is 3-3 with an ERA of 3.78 in 10 starts in 2012; he allowed four earned runs in six innings in his last start, against the Philadelphia Phillies, during which the Cardinals' offense was inexplicably shut out by Kyle Kendrick.

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