Rick Hummel
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Rick Hummel is a Cardinals beat writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Hurlers hit hard with injuries in this delayed season.
But they're actually just percentage points out of a playoff spot right now.
He'll be in lineup, with Knizner as backup, until Molina returns.
KK will make his first big-league start Monday here against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Reyes among four players brought up from Springfield. Cardinals will be at 28 players when Cubs come here on Friday.
Hot topics from Hall of Fame baseball writer Rick Hummel's chat with Post-Dispatch subscribers.
Cardinals, MLB have had to adapt before due to other major interruptions.
It looks as if the third-base job is becoming his.
Pittsburgh pitching shuts down Cards' offense, with bullpen striking out eight of the 14 St. Louis hitters it faced from the sixth through the ninth.