Third baseman Jhonny Peralta's thumb has put him on the sidelines again. He strained a ligament in his left thumb in a plate appearance on Sunday, sat out Monday's game and on Tuesday was put on the 15-day disabled list.
Peralta missed the first 57 games of the season with a left thumb ligament surgery before returning on June 7. He has played in 30 games, moving to third base from shortstop so that the Cardinals could keep Aledmys Diaz in the lineup. He was hitting .221 with five home runs and 13 runs batted in. He hit his 199th career home run on Saturday.