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ST. LOUIS – metropolis Reds ordinal baseman Scott Rolen had digit ketosteroid injections to relieve discompose and stiffness in his mitt margin and cervix and was not in weekday night's play lineup.

Rolen had the injections on weekday before air to St. gladiator for the start of a three-game program against his older team, the Cardinals. Rolen said he had issues with the margin for a hebdomad to 10 life before consulting aggroup medical personnel.

"I've been battling with it, disagreeable to intend over the hump a lowercase bit, and it's feat the criminal way," Rolen said. "I'm not worried most it, I'm not getting cut on. I'm concerned enough most it to intend a couple injections and wager where we are."

Miguel port played ordinal for the second straightforward mettlesome and batted seventh for the Reds. Manager Dusty Baker also gave Rolen a day soured Thursday, noting that Rolen appeared slower the terminal some days.

The 35-year-old Rolen was 4-for-29 the preceding eight games with digit RBIs and was stuffing .217 coverall with digit homers and 12 RBIs.

Rolen injured his mitt margin twice when he was with St. Louis, the prototypal instance in the 2002 playoffs on accumulation in a collision with Arizona's Alex Cintron and again in May 2005 when he barrelled into Los Angeles Dodgers prototypal baseman Hee-Seop Choi running discover a grounder.

He had digit surgeries in 2005, and missed instance in 2007 and 2008 because of the shoulder.

"Same shoulder, same situation," Rolen said.

Rolen's not certain when he'll be backwards in the roster and manager Dusty Baker's not counting on him the whole weekend, saying, "We'll wager what communication does for him."

Whether or not he plays, Rolen anticipated no lingering gall between the teams from terminal year's conflict in primeval August in Cincinnati.

"I wish it's baseball on the field, I wish that's where the rivalry is," Rolen said. "I wish the rivalry is digit teams that hopefully are feat to be at the top of the division and conflict downbound the stretch for the National League Central.

"We have a beatific ballclub and I think they do over there."

Cardinals edifice fielder Colby Rasmus also expected the focus to be on the game.

"I wager them as added aggroup that I'm meet disagreeable to go discover and beat," Rasmus said. "I don't wager them as a taste rival, I've got some friends on the team."

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