St. Louis Cardinals SP Chris Carpenter (forearm) was drilled with a line drive on his right forearm in the first inning Monday, June 28, The Associated Press reports. He stayed in the game and pitched seven innings.

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was ejected for arguing balls and strikes Monday, June 28, The Associated Press reports.

Arizona Diamondbacks CL Aaron Heilman allowed an unearned run and blew the save Monday, June 28, The Associated Press reports.

Arizona Diamondbacks SP Dan Haren said he’d like to return to play for the St. Louis Cardinals someday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Rick Hummel reports. “I’ve always said I’d like to play here again,” said Haren. “The fans are so good. Even being six years removed now, they still treat me with the utmost respect. Walking around the city today, a few people stopped me. In some cities, they’ll stop you and want your autograph to take a picture. Here, they say, ‘Hi,’ and they shake your hand. That’s why it’s different.”

Arizona Diamondbacks third base coach Bo Porter is a strong candidate for the Florida Marlins’ managerial opening, according to SI.com’s Jon Heyman.

Detroit Tigers RP Casey Fien was recalled from Triple-A Toledo, according to the team’s official Twitter page.

Updating an earlier report, Detroit Tigers RP Joel Zumaya (elbow) was placed on the 15-day disabled list, according to the team’s official Twitter page.

Milwaukee Brewers OF Corey Hart extended his hitting streak to 13 games Monday, June 28, The Associated Press reports.

Houston Astros OF Michael Bourn had four hits, including a homer, and two RBIs Monday, June 28, The Associated Press reports.

Chicago White Sox OF Andruw Jones has three hits in his last 40 at-bats, The Associated Press reports.

Dominican P Rafael DePaula has admitted to using a false name and lying about his age by one year, according to sources familiar with the case and confirmed by Sandy Alderson, Major League Baseball’s consultant in charge of reforming the league’s Dominican operations, Baseball America’s Ben Badler reports. DePaula had presented himself as Rafael DePaula Figueroa with an April 1, 1992 date of birth; he is now 19-year-old Jose Rafael DePaula born March 24, 1991.

Kansas City Royals OF Jose Guillen snapped his hitting streak at 21 games Monday, June 28, The Associated Press reports.

Kansas City Royals SP Anthony Lerew allowed a run on three hits, a walk and struck out four in six innings to earn his first major-league win Monday, June 28, over the Chicago White Sox, The Associated Press reports.

Pittsburgh Pirates SS Bobby Crosby (head) left the game after a collision Monday, June 28, with concussion-like symptoms, The Associated Press reports.

Major League Baseball’s next Super Two cutoff date will most likely be around two years and 124 days, two sources confirmed to MLBTradeRumors.com. The cutoff date has never been less than two years and 130 days.