Berkman Placed on DL

St. Louis has placed 1B Lance Berkman on the 15-day disabled list after re-aggravating a left calf strain on Wednesday which had previously kept him sidelined for a week.  He missed a month in 2009 when he suffered a similar injury while with Houston.  Berkman is batting .348 with no homers, two runs batted in, and a .500 on-base percentage in seven games this season.

Berkman to miss Home Opener

St. Louis 1B Lance Berkman will miss today's Home Opener with a left calf strain and is expected to return by Tuesday.  He suffered a minor tear of the muscle while legging out a triple last Tuesday in Cincinnati, was removed from the game later on, and did not play in the last game of the series on Wednesday.  Berkman was fearful that he had re-aggravated a more serious injury which landed him on the 15-day disabled in 2009.