4:57 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) manager Oliver Marmol said Tuesday that Carpenter's (oblique) rehab assignment with Triple-A Memphis could be extended through the weekend, John Denton of MLB.com reports.

6:41 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) manager Oliver Marmol said Carpenter (oblique) will shift his rehab assignment to Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday, John Denton of MLB.com reports.

9:25 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (oblique) has been sent to Double-A Springfield to begin a rehab assignment.

6:23 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (oblique) could begin a rehab assignment as soon as Thursday, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

5:20 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (oblique) took swings on the field before Friday's game against the Mets, John Denton of MLB.com reports.

10:47 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) manager Oliver Marmol said Monday that Carpenter received a platelet-rich plasma injection for his strained right oblique, Lynn Worthy of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

12:48 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) manager Oliver Marmol said Sunday that Carpenter (oblique) is still a few days away from starting his rehab assignment, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

6:25 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (oblique) took swings during batting practice Friday, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

6:55 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (oblique) is currently traveling with the Cardinals and took infield practice in Arizona over the weekend, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.

2:33 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) Cardinals placed Carpenter on the 10-day injured list Thursday with a right oblique strain, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

8:20 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (wrist) is in the lineup for Thursday's Grapefruit League game against the Nationals, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

10:38 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (wrist) is hoping to return to the Grapefruit League lineup Thursday against the Nationals, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.

1:51 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) was scratched from the Cardinals' Grapefruit League lineup Monday because of a left wrist contusion, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

12:55 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) signed a one-year contract with the Cardinals on Friday.

2:45 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) entered Monday's win over the Brewers as a pinch hitter in the top of the seventh inning, lacing a double and subsequently scoring in his one plate appearance.

3:54 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) will start at third base and bat fifth Monday against the Dodgers.

1:56 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) knocked a go-ahead RBI double as a pinch hitter in a win over the Royals on Saturday.

3:08 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) will serve as St. Louis' designated hitter and bat eighth Tuesday against Cleveland.

11:24 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) went 1-for-2 with a two-RBI triple and a walk during Monday's 5-3 win at San Francisco.

3:02 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) went 2-for-4 with a run in a loss to the Rockies on Sunday.

1:13 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is out of the lineup for the first game of Sunday's doubleheader with Atlanta.

3:19 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Marlins, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

1:28 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is hitting .348 (8-for-23) with five doubles, six RBI, three walks and two runs across his last 10 games.

5:23 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) entered Sunday's loss to the Reds in the sixth inning as a pinch hitter, lacing a two-run double and scoring a run in one plate appearance.

2:23 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Reds.

1:48 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) went 2-for-4 with two doubles in a loss to the Diamondbacks on Sunday.

4:33 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) served as the designated hitter in an interleague loss to the White Sox and went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and a run.

6:09 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is slashing .100/.280/.100 with only two singles and five walks over the 25 plate appearances covering his 12 game appearances in May.

7:07 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) slugged a pinch-hit three-run home run in Thursday's win over the Phillies.

12:19 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is not in Sunday's lineup against the Reds, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.

4:00 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Nationals, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

9:48 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) will start at second base and bat fifth Sunday against the Phillies, Zachary Silver of MLB.com reports.

1:35 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) will start at second base and bat fifth Wednesday against the Marlins, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

2:58 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) manager Mike Shildt confirmed Sunday that Carpenter will begin the season as a reserve after Tommy Edman was named St. Louis' everyday second baseman, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

1:55 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Brewers, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

3:02 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) went 2-for-3 with an infield single and an RBI double during a win over the Brewers in the second game of a doubleheader Friday.

1:55 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) will be on the bench for the first of Friday's two games against the Brewers, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

4:44 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) isn't in Wednesday's lineup against the Royals.

12:58 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a loss to the Royals on Monday.

3:37 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is not in the lineup Thursday against the Pirates, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

7:29 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) will start at third base and bat seventh Tuesday against the Brewers, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

5:54 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Brewers.

1:44 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) went 2-for-4 with an RBI single, a double and two runs in a loss to the Reds on Sunday.

5:05 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) went 2-for-2 with an RBI single and a run-scoring double during a loss to the Tigers in the second game of a doubleheader Thursday.

11:11 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is not in the lineup for Game 1 of Thursday's doubleheader against the Tigers.

12:51 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is not in the lineup for the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Twins, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

1:35 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) will start at third base and will bat seventh Monday against the Cubs, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

8:07 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) will bat sixth and start at third base Wednesday against the Royals, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.

5:36 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is not starting Wednesday against the Royals.

1:50 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) went 2-for-4 with an RBI single and a double in a loss to the Cubs on Tuesday.

2:04 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) went 1-for-4 with a two-run single in a loss to the White Sox on Sunday.

3:24 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) who's filled the designated hitter role for the first five games of the season, is projected to shift to third base as part of the domino effect of Paul DeJong's (illness) absence, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

4:08 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Twins, FOX Sports Midwest reports.

7:43 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) who slugged a two-run home run during Friday's intrasquad game, was actually most satisfied with a long out he made because of the quality of his improved swing, Matt Rogers of MLB.com reports. "For me, 100 percent, it was the swing on the backdoor cutter from Miles [Mikolas]," Carpenter said. "For me to be able to take that swing on that pitch is right where I want to be. That pitch, to be able to stay on that pitch and be able to hit in the gap and get a chance for an extra-base hit -- I was way happier with that swing."

1:11 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) could be manager Mike Shildt's most logical choice to fill the designated hitter role that will be universally implemented during the truncated 2020 regular season, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.

3:45 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) presents as a potentially ideal designated hitter candidate if the position is instituted universally for the abbreviated 2020 regular season, Will Laws of SI.com reports.

2:59 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) had some encouraging at-bats over the last two Grapefruit League games before spring training was suspended, Rick Hummel of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

6:12 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in a Grapefruit League tie against the Mets on Thursday.

11:16 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (back) will start at third base and bat third in Monday's Grapefruit League game against the Twins, Rick Hummel of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

2:07 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (back) will be in the lineup for Monday's Grapefruit League game against the Twins, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

8:54 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (back) is not in the lineup for Sunday's spring game against the Astros, according to Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat.

11:15 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) Mike Shildt said he expects Carpenter (back) to rejoin the lineup "Sunday-ish," Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

11:39 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (back) completed a full-body workout and ran sprints Thursday, Jeff Jones of MLB.com reports.

3:47 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (back) called his removal from the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Marlins "super preventative" and expects to be back in the lineup Saturday, Mark Saxon of The Athletic reports.

1:26 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) was removed from Wednesday's split-squad spring game against the Marlins due to back tightness, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.

1:21 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) was removed from Wednesday's split-squad spring game against the Marlins, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.

2:10 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) will sit again for the fourth game of the NLCS against the Nationals on Tuesday.

1:23 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is not in the lineup for Game 3 of the NLCS against the Nationals on Monday.

11:35 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is starting at third base and batting sixth in Game 3 of the NLDS against the Braves on Sunday, Rob Rains of StLSportsPage.com reports.

3:40 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Sunday's victory over Chicago.

10:59 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is starting at third base Sunday for the third straight day.

11:43 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) came into Thursday's extra-inning win over the Cubs as a defensive replacement in the bottom of the fifth inning, going 1-for-2 with a go-ahead solo home run.

3:30 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) has been a healthy scratch over the Cardinals' last four games, his longest such stretch of non-injury-related inactivity this season, Rick Hummel of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. "He continues to be a really good teammate," said manager Mike Shildt, who had a conversation Monday with . "He feels really good about where he's at with his swing and where he's at with his game. I applaud the fact (that) I know he wants to be in there every day."

2:28 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is not starting Friday against the Brewers.

11:58 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) went 2-for-3 with a double and a run in a win over the Pirates on Sunday.

12:44 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) went 2-for-3 with an RBI infield single, two walks and a run in a win over the Giants on Thursday.

2:48 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Giants.

2:14 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) isn't in the starting lineup for Tuesday's game against the Giants.

1:40 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Giants.

5:39 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is not in the lineup for Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Reds.

11:19 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Brewers.

9:59 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) went 3-for-4 with a homer, three runs scored, two RBI and a walk in Sunday's 11-4 win over Colorado.

3:48 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is not in Saturday's lineup against the Rockies.

2:25 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is not in Friday's lineup against the Rockies.

1:40 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is not in Thursday's lineup against the Rockies.

3:55 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is not in Tuesday's lineup against the Brewers.

1:49 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) who went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and two walks in a loss to the Reds on Saturday, had last left the yard June 17, a span of two full months.

9:56 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is not in Sunday's lineup against the Pirates.

3:42 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (foot) is starting at third base and hitting sixth Friday against the Pirates.

12:07 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) who went 2-for-2 with a walk in a loss to the Dodgers on Wednesday, left the game in the ninth inning after getting hit in the foot by a pitch, the Associated Press reports.

12:20 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) is starting at third base and hitting sixth Wednesday against the Dodgers.

11:36 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (foot) went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Athletics on Sunday, his first game back from the injured list.

11:51 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (foot) was activated off the 10-day injured list Sunday.

7:40 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (foot) could return for Sunday's game against Oakland, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

3:00 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (foot) went 2-for-3 with a double, three RBI, a walk and a run in Triple-A Memphis win over Albuquerque on Thursday.

5:12 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (foot) will continue his rehab assignment with Triple-A Memphis throughout the week, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

1:04 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) (foot) has gone 0-for-16 with three walks in his five rehab games.

11:54 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) Mike Shildt said Thursday that Carpenter (foot) will likely remain on a minor-league rehab assignment with Triple-A Memphis "through the early part of the weekend," Jeff Jones of MLB.com reports.

10:39 AM - Matt Carpenter (STL) Cardinals are hopeful Carpenter (foot) will be ready to begin a minor-league rehab assignment next week, the Associated Press reports.

5:10 PM - Matt Carpenter (STL) was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right foot contusion Tuesday.