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- Updated: September 29, 2016
ST. LOUIS — Cardinals closer Seung Hwan Oh downplayed the severity of the groin tightness that bumped him from Wednesday’s 2-1 loss to the Reds, insisting that he expects to be available for the final four games of the regular season.
Oh, who sat for seven days this month due to the groin issue, aggravated the area when he came off the mound trying to make a play. After a short conference on the mound with manager Mike Matheny, interpreter Eugene Koo and a team athletic trainer, Matheny decided to bring in lefty Zach Duke to notch the final out of the ninth inning.
“He had already thrown a lot of pitches,” Matheny said of Oh, who threw 25 over 1 1/3 innings. “I was going to be careful with him anyhow, going too far. We get …
