Milwaukee has lost Matt Garza for the time being after the right hander tweaked his oblique during Sunday's game against St. Louis.
The Milwaukee Brewers will have to stave off the St. Louis Cardinals without Matt Garza for at least the next two weeks. Garza was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday after injuring his left oblique against the Redbirds over the weekend.
The designation is retroactive to Aug. 4 but the injury occurred in the middle of a one-hit pitching performance Sunday that Garza left after the sixth inning, a game which St. Louis eventually won 3-2. Garza had been pitching well before the injury, with a 2.13 ERA in his last six starts according to Brew Crew Ball.
This isn't the first oblique strain Garza has suffered through, and it took him seven weeks to recover from the same injury just last year, so he could end up missing more time even though he's eligible to return on Aug. 19. However, if his comments after the game are any indication, Garza removing himself from the game -- and the subsequent trip to the DL -- may be precautionary.
"It was bad enough where I had to take myself out of the game, and I don't do that," Garza told reporters Sunday, per ESPN.com. "There's too much left in the season, and I thought I'd make the smart play."
Regardless of how long he will actually be out, he's been replaced on the roster by Triple-A Nashville relief pitcher Robert Wooten for the time being.