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Pages is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Pirates. Pages will get a breather after he started at catcher in both of the Cardinals' previous two contests. Ivan Herrera will check in behind the dish and form a battery with starting pitcher Sonny Gray.
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Pages is absent from Sunday's lineup against Toronto. Pages will sit for the series finale after going 2-for-8 with one stolen base over the first two games against the Blue Jays. Ivan Herrera will start behind home plate and bat sixth against Toronto right-hander Yariel Rodriguez.
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Pages went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 2-0 win over the Mariners. Pages came through in the eighth inning, launching a Logan Gilbert slider over the left-field fence for the only scoring play of the game. Pages has gone 4-for-14 (.286) over four games in September, but three of those hits have been homers. The catcher is up to six long balls, 22 RBI, 17 runs scored, one stolen base and a .245/.287/.396 slash line through 172 plate appearances this season.
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Pages went 2-for-4 with two solo home runs during Monday's 9-3 loss to the Cardinals. Pages was the only Cardinal to have success against Brewers starter Freddy Peralta, tagging Peralta for solo homers in the third and fifth innings. It was the 25-year-old catcher's first career multi-homer game, bringing his season total to five long balls. Pages is slashing .248/.292/.389 in 162 plate appearances and should continue to split playing time with Ivan Herrera in the absence of Willson Contreras (finger).
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Pages is not in the lineup for Monday's game versus the Padres, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports. Pages and Ivan Herrera will handle the catching duties with Willson Contreras (finger) on the injured list, with Pages likely to see better than a 50-50 share. Herrera will get the start behind the dish for the Cardinals' series opener against San Diego.
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