J. Garcia expects to make next start - STLtoday.com
But Garcia, who played catch Friday, said he planned to throw his regular bullpen session before Saturday night’s game here with the Chicago Cubs and didn’t anticipate missing his next scheduled start, Tuesday here against the Chicago White Sox. “That’s the goal,” said Garcia, who, with Monday’s off day, will have five days’ rest between starts. “It’s always nice to get an extra day and help things calm down a little. Over seven starts since coming off the disabled list after being set back late in spring training with a shoulder problem, the latest in a long line of setbacks, Garcia has a 3-3 mark with a 1. 69 earned run average. “I’m extremely thankful and grateful for an opportunity to be here still doing what I love to do, which is to play baseball,” said Garcia. Just learn from the bad things and all the struggles I’ve gone through. “I can look at myself in the mirror and know that I do everything that’s in my control every single day to be the best I can and to be able to help this team. Manager Mike Matheny said injured left fielder Matt Holliday (strained right quadriceps), who has been on the 15-day disabled list since June 9, will begin running in the next couple of days. “I hear he told the world that he’s going to be playing here soon,” said Matheny. it’s good for us. ”. General manager John Mozeliak said, “I guess I could take the optimistic approach where it might be sooner rather than later. Source: www.stltoday.com
