MILWAUKEE • Aledmys Diaz was not in the Cardinals’ lineup at shortstop Saturday night because manager Mike Matheny feared Diaz wouldn’t be moving well enough defensively due to back tightness and a sore left shoulder, the latter of which he sustained the night before. This anxiety apparently did not extend to Diaz’s hitting, though.
Pinch hitting for Lance Lynn in the seventh inning of a 1-1 game, Diaz, saying he was just trying to hit the ball up the middle, rocketed a Carlos Torres 92 mph fastball over the left-center-field wall to give the Cardinals a 2-1 lead.