Cardinals recall OF Pham, demote Grichuk

The St. Louis Cardinals have recalled outfielder Tommy Pham from triple-A Memphis. (Morry Gash/AP)

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals have recalled outfielder Tommy Pham from Triple-A Memphis.

The Cardinals also optioned outfielder Randal Grichuk to Triple-A on Saturday. The moves were made before St. Louis hosted Texas.

Pham injured his oblique on opening day. He was hitting a combined .250 with four home runs and 19 RBIs in 37 games with Memphis and Double-A Springfield.

Grichuk was hitting .206 with eight homers and 27 RBI in 62 games for St. Louis this season.

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