"Cardinals outfielder Lance Berkman, who hurt his right wrist diving for a ball nearly three weeks ago, sat out Sunday's game for two reasons. He had received a cortisone shot for his wrist Saturday night. And Carlos Zambrano, against whom Berkman is 11 for 71 (.155), was was pitching for the Chicago Cubs.

Berkman allowed that a sore wrist was "not good for a hitter. Or a seamstress.

"We're hoping that this thing takes care of it because it's been pretty sore since I came back, Berkman said. "Not sore enough to keep me out. But, with my lack of success against Zambrano and we have an off day, it was a good time to get (the shot) yesterday and get two full days off."

The Cardinals' next series will be in Houston beginning Tuesday and former Astros star Berkman, who drove in seven runs and hit two homers there in April, doesn't want to miss it."