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Cardinals activate Jay from DL, but not in lineup (The Associated Press)

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The St. Louis Cardinals activated outfielder Jon Jay from the 15-day disabled list but did not have him in the lineup against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Jay was sidelined May 11 with left wrist tendinitis. While he was out, Randal Grichuk and Peter Bourjos stepped up and both were in the lineup.

Grichuk was batting cleanup and playing left field in place of Matt Holliday, who is suffering from flu-like symptoms. Bourjos started in center field, Jay's position.

Reliever Miguel Socolovich was optioned to Triple-A Memphis to get more regular work.