PLAYING TIME: Craig returns; Beltran shifts to CF
Jun 1 2012
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Beltran shifts to CF as Craig returns
Carlos Beltrán (OF, STL) made his first CF start since 2010 Friday, making room in the lineup for both Allen Craig (OF/1B, STL), activated from the DL to start in RF, and recent callup Matt Adams (1B, STL). Adams is 13-for-41, with an .890 OPS, while playing 1B regularly since Lance Berkman (1B/OF, STL) underwent knee surgery for a torn meniscus, likely sidelining him until August. Craig missed the season's first month recovering from off-season knee surgery, but returned in May swinging a hot stick. He carried a .373 BA and 1.203 OPS, with five HR through 51 AB, when sidelined by a left hamstring strain in mid-May.
Beltran ended May as the NL's HR leader, with 15, despite...
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