Cardinals activate reliever Siegrist from DL

Siegrist had been on the DL for two months. (Scott Kane/AP)

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals have activated lefty reliever Kevin Siegrist from the 15-day disabled list and optioned rookie lefty Nick Greenwood to Triple-A Memphis.

Siegrist had been on the DL for two months with a left forearm strain. In five rehab appearances with Double-A Springfield, he allowed no runs in 4 2-3 innings. In his most recent outing Monday, he worked 1 1-3 scoreless innings.

As a rookie last year, Siegrist set a franchise record for a reliever with a 0.45 ERA.

This season, he was 1-1 with a 3.60 ERA in 23 games with 27 strikeouts in 20 innings.

Greenwood was 1-1 with a 4.74 ERA in nine games and worked two perfect innings Tuesday.

When submitting content, please abide by our submission guidelines, and avoid posting profanity, personal attacks or harassment. Should you violate our submissions guidelines, we reserve the right to remove your comments and block your account. Sportsnet reserves the right to close a story’s comment section at any time.