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The St. Louis Cardinals placed third baseman Matt Carpenter on the 15-day disabled list with a right oblique strain on Thursday.Carpenter will also miss next weeks All-Star Game. Teammate?Aledmys Diaz, a shortstop, will replace him on the National League roster.In a corresponding move, the Cardinals recalled catcher?Michael McKenry from Triple-A Memphis.Carpenter left Wednesday nights game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the third inning with the injury.?Carpenter clutched his right side and shook his head after trying to check a swing on a 3-and-1 pitch from Jeff Locke. He was examined briefly on the field by a medical trainer before walking off with the trainer and manager Mike Matheny.?Matheny said an MRI showed a Grade 2 strain in Carpenters oblique. He did not offer a timetable for his return.A three-time All-Star, Carpenter leads the National League with a .991 OPS. He had a similar injury in 2012 and missed a month of action with a strained right side.The Cardinals infield is becoming rapidly depleted. Third baseman Jhonny Peralta left Tuesdays game and was unavailable to play Wednesday because of discomfort in the same thumb he had surgery on in March. The Cardinals hope Peralta can return to play Thursday or Friday.Additionally, first baseman/outfielder Brandon Moss went on the disabled list Tuesday with a sprained ankle.The team also put backup catcher Brayan Pe?a on the DL before Wednesdays game because of inflammation in his surgically repaired left knee.?ESPNs Mark Saxon contributed to this report Arik Armstead Super Bowl Jersey . Andreas Johnson had a goal and two assists while Jacob de la Rose also scored for Sweden (2-0-0). 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Their experience showed Tuesday as the No. 10 Badgers blunted a Saint Louis surge to win 63-57 and advance to face West Virginia in Wednesdays finals of the Cancun Challenge. Jason Verrett Super Bowl Jersey .C. -- When North Carolina freshman Ryan Switzer reported to training camp in August he was a little miffed to learn he was third on the depth chart at punt returner. (STATS) -- The top three finishers in the Missouri Valley Football Conference had the most first-team selections on the all-conference team announced Monday.Co-champion North Dakota State, which has won the last five FCS national titles, led the way with eight first-team selections, including repeat picks Zack Johnson, an offensive tackle, and Greg Menard, a defensive end. The Bison had four second-team and three honorable mention selections.South Dakota State, the other co-champion, and third-place finisher Youngstown State each had five first-team selections.The MVFCs postseason awards were announced last Wednesday, and South Dakota State captured three honors with quarterback Taryn Christion (offensive player of the year), linebacker Christian Rozeboom (freshman of the year) and John Stiegelmeier (coach of the year).---=MVFC POSTSEASON AWARDS=OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR -- Taryn Christion, QB, South Dakota StateDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR -- Karter Schult, DE, Northern IowaNEWCOMER OF THE YEAR -- Chris Streveler, QB, South DakotaFRESHMAN OF THE YEAR -- Christian Rozeboom, LB, South Dakota StateCOACH OF THE YEAR -- John Stiegelmeier, South Dakota StateALL-MVFC FIRST TEAMOFFENSEQB -- Taryn Christian, South Dakota State, So.RB -- King Frazier, Northh Dakota State, Sr.ddddddddddddRB -- Martin Ruiz, Youngstown State, Sr.FB -- Chase Morlock, North Dakota State, Sr.WR -- Lance Lenoir, Western Illinois, Sr.WR -- Jake Wieneke, South Dakota State, Jr.TE -- Dallas Goedert, South Dakota State, Jr.OL -- Brock Eisenhuth, Youngstown State, Sr.OL -- Zack Johnson, North Dakota State, Sr.OL -- Landon Lechler, North Dakota State, Sr.OL -- Jacob Ohnesorge, South Dakota State, Jr.OL -- Mark Spelman, Illinois State, Sr.DEFENSEDL -- Greg Menard, North Dakota State, Jr.DL -- Avery Moss, Youngstown State, Sr.DL -- Derek Rivers, Youngstown State, Sr.DL -- Karter Schult, Northern Iowa, Sr.LB -- Dylan Cole, Missouri State, Sr.LB -- Christian Rozeboom, South Dakota State, Fr.LB -- M.J. Stumpf, North Dakota State, Sr.LB -- Brett Taylor, Western Illinois, Sr.DB -- LeRoy Alexander, Youngstown State, Sr.DB -- Trey Dempsey, North Dakota State, Jr.DB -- Robbie Grimsley, North Dakota State, So.DB -- Davontae Harris, Illinois State, Jr.SPECIAL TEAMSPK -- Miles Bergner, South Dakota, Sr.P -- Miles Bergner, South Dakota, Sr.LS -- Joshua Appel, Indiana State, Sr.RS -- Deion Holliman, Missouri State, Jr. ' ' '