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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1780586" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-steven-matz-has-torn-ligament-in-left-knee-after-fielding-mishap/article_83d456f9-c623-573b-8b34-7a1f364d740a.html#tracking-source=in-article[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel" target="_blank">Rick Hummel</a></p><p>CINCINNATI — A doctor’s exam conducted by Dr. George Paletta in St. Louis Monday will clarify left-hander Steven Matz’s condition a bit more. But it doesn’t seem as if a whole lot of good will come out of that.</p><p>Matz, who was pitching strongly into the sixth inning here Saturday night, fanning five in succession late in his outing, injured his left knee when his right foot slipped as he tried to pick up Joey Votto’s roller down the first-base line.<strong><em> An MRI taken here Sunday revealed a torn medial collateral ligament. Surgery is a possibility. A considerable rest period to heal it could be another option.</em></strong></p><p>But Matz, having conquered a shoulder impingement to make his first Cardinals start Saturday in more than two months, doesn’t look forward to taking another month or more off.</p><p></p><p>“It’s frustrating,” he said Sunday. “It’s pretty sore today so I knew something really wasn’t right. But definitely a frustrating thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1780586, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-steven-matz-has-torn-ligament-in-left-knee-after-fielding-mishap/article_83d456f9-c623-573b-8b34-7a1f364d740a.html#tracking-source=in-article[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/rhummel']Rick Hummel[/URL] CINCINNATI — A doctor’s exam conducted by Dr. George Paletta in St. Louis Monday will clarify left-hander Steven Matz’s condition a bit more. But it doesn’t seem as if a whole lot of good will come out of that. Matz, who was pitching strongly into the sixth inning here Saturday night, fanning five in succession late in his outing, injured his left knee when his right foot slipped as he tried to pick up Joey Votto’s roller down the first-base line.[B][I] An MRI taken here Sunday revealed a torn medial collateral ligament. Surgery is a possibility. A considerable rest period to heal it could be another option.[/I][/B] But Matz, having conquered a shoulder impingement to make his first Cardinals start Saturday in more than two months, doesn’t look forward to taking another month or more off. “It’s frustrating,” he said Sunday. “It’s pretty sore today so I knew something really wasn’t right. But definitely a frustrating thing. [/QUOTE]
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