Cardinals put Painter on DL

ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals put left-handed reliever Lance Painter on the 15-day disabled list with a left calf injury Monday and optioned reliever Mike Crudale to Triple-A Memphis.

The team also recalled left-hander Pedro Borbon Jr. and right-hander Josh Pearce from Memphis.

"With the makeup of our bullpen, we need innings," St. Louis manager Tony La Russa said. "We're trying to survive series to series, week to week. This makes the best sense right now."

Center fielder Jim Edmonds, meanwhile, was to sit out Monday's game against Pittsburgh with a stiff shoulder. He's played in only four games since the All-Star break.

Painter was hurt in the seventh inning of Sunday's 4-3 victory over Pittsburgh, trying to cover first base on a ground ball. He missed 60 games earlier in the season after tearing a tendon in his right leg in April.

Painter (0-1) appeared in 21 games this season, with a 5.00 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 18 innings.

Crudale was 0-1 with a 2.38 ERA in 13 appearances.

St. Louis bought the 35-year-old Borbon's contract from Long Island of the Atlantic Independent League for $3,000 last week. At Memphis, Borbon pitched one inning with one hit and two strikeouts. At Long Island, Borbon was 4-2 with a 2.13 ERA in 31 games.

Pearce saw action in three games with St. Louis in 2002. This season at Memphis, Pearce was 2-2 with a 4.03 ERA.