ST. LOUIS — St. Louis first baseman Matt Carpenter was removed from Wednesday’s game in the top of the fourth inning with a stomach issue. Matt Adams took Carpenter’s place during a lull in the action with one out. Carpenter, who walked in his first two at-bats, has seven hits in his last 13 plate appearances. He leads the National League with 34 homers. Carpenter is hitting .274 with 74 RBI. Carpenter reached base safely in 35 successive games earlier in the season.
Matt Carpenter was removed from Wednesday's game but it is not known why.
The reason for being removed from the game was known as it was due to a stomach issue, this was unable to be detected by the system since it was vague.
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