Cardinals manager Mike Matheny was originally hopeful that Molina could play on Tuesday, but was also realistic.
"As we left last night and the conversation I had with Yadi was, 'Let's wait and see how things progress overnight,'" Matheny said. "Some of the treatment or some of the things the doctors were able to do would allow him to be in there -- we're most likely going to have Yadier Molina in the lineup. So I went in with the idea that he was penciled in, and it was wait and see this morning. This morning there was still a considerable weakness in his thumb, so we made a scratch and added Tony Cruz to the lineup.