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Dodgers News: Cardinals Keep NLCS Roster The Same, Announce Pitchers

Preparation for the NLCS is already underway as the Cardinals held their first workout at Busch Stadium and manager Mike Matheny announced his starting pitchers and NLCS roster.

The Cardinals hoped that Allen Craig would be available for the NLCS after missing the Pirates series, but the ligaments in his ankle aren’t healing quick enough. Meanwhile, Adam Wainwright was used in last night’s Game 5 of the NLDS and Matheny announced his first three starters for the NLCS according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today:



Without Craig in the lineup, the Cardinals will rely on first baseman Matt Adams, who hit .316 with a home run and two RBI in the five-game NLDS series against the Pirates.

Matheny also said that the Cardinals will have the same roster as they did in the previous series. Here’s how the NL Central champions stack up:

PITCHERS (12)

Adam Wainwright

Michael Wacha

Joe Kelly

Shelby Miller

Lance Lynn

John Axford

Randy Choate

Seth Maness

Carlos Martinez

Edward Mujica

Trevor Rosenthal

Kevin Siegrist

CATCHERS (2)

Tony Cruz

Yadier Molina

INFIELDERS (6)

Matt Adams

Matt Carpenter

Daniel Descalso

David Freese

Pete Kozma

Kolten Wong

OUTFIELDERS (5)

Carlos Beltran

Matt Holliday

Jon Jay

Shane Robinson

Adron Chambers

Meanwhile, the Dodgers are slated to workout at Busch Stadium sometime today as they still make up their minds about what their NLCS roster will look like. A lot of that will depend on Andre Ethier’s ankle and if Don Mattingly and the coaching staff can trust him to do more then just pinch-hit.

It’ll also be interesting to see if the Dodgers add another pitcher as Hyun-Jin Ryu didn’t look too good in his first postseason start while Ricky Nolasco hasn’t started since late September.

Regardless, the Dodgers roster should look very similar to that in the NLDS as the Cardinals and Dodgers will start the series Friday at 5:37 PST.

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In case you missed it, here’s the home run that sent the Dodgers to the NLCS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJgp8vkSa3k

 

Ross Gasmer

Ross Gasmer is a Social Media Producer for @TheHerd and was a contributing writer and editor for Dodger Nation. Follow him on Twitter @Ross_Gasmer12

4 Comments

  1. The empty uniform non manager don mattingly should have had Kershaw ready to start the series. He will likely take another misstep by starting Chris Capuano over Ricky Nolasco in game four, to get another lefty starter in the rotation against the Cardinals who only hit .238 against lefties during the regular season. The team needs Ethier in the lineup against St. Louis’ rightly-only rotation. http://thehounddawgsportsblog.com/

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