Cards closer Rosenthal misses ASG with sore arm
July 15th, 2015 by Ric Hanson
CINCINNATI (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal sat out the All-Star Game with a sore arm. Rosenthal was among six Cardinals on the National League roster at Tuesday night’s game. The right-hander appeared in four of the Cardinals’ last five games, throwing 1 1-3 innings on Saturday. Rosenthal gave up four runs and seven hits combined in two outings at Pittsburgh going into the break.
A first-time All-Star, Rosenthal has 26 saves with a 1.49 ERA for the NL Central leaders. “I really wanted to be able to pitch in the game, but I knew going into Sunday’s game that if I pitched on Sunday, it would probably be harder to justify pitching today,” he told MLB.com Tuesday.