CINCINNATI -- A calf injury that the Cardinals first described as so minor Kolten Wong could have played through it has now kept the second baseman out of the starting lineup for a fourth straight day. But after testing his calf out running for the first time since Sunday, Wong felt optimistic that he'd be back on the field by the weekend.
"They told me we're not going to push it," Wong said on Thursday before the Cardinals played the Reds. "We're too far in the season where it does not make sense for me to come back too quick and risk injury.