On the heels of a 10-day trip that could have been great and ended up as something less, Nolan Arenado and Yadier Molina will both get Monday off, at least from the starting lineup, as the Cardinals face the Dodgers at 3:15 p.m. on Labor Day at Busch Stadium.
Matt Carpenter will get the start at third instead of Arenado, and Andrew Knizner will start behind the plate.
"Yadi went at it pretty hard on the 10-day road trip," manager Mike Shildt said, "and Nolan's been getting after it good, so it was a predetermined schedule."
As advertised, Albert Pujols is not in the starting lineup for the Dodgers.