The odd man out with the Prince addition appears to be utilityman Brandon Inge.
"I'm not going to lie to you — I thought Furcal was going to be the biggest injury," the Cardinals utilityman Skip Schumaker said.
The Mets have the option of switching Edgardo Alfonzo to third base and starting the utilityman Desi Relaford at second, but Phillips indicated that that was not his plan now.
When first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz wore a bright, multicolored sweater in Oakland on Sunday, the utilityman Denny Hocking cracked: "Bill Cosby called.
Catcher Jason Phillips was optioned to Norfolk and the utilityman Joe McEwing was recalled.
The utilityman Joe McEwing and first baseman Tony Clark were also being offered to other teams, but Duquette told reporters yesterday that he was probably finished dealing.
Little had benched Walker in Game 2 of the series and went with the light-hitting utilityman Damian Jackson because the Red Sox starter, Derek Lowe, is a sinkerball pitcher who gets most of his outs on ground balls.
The utilityman Clay Bellinger is here.
Clay Bellinger, the utilityman who has been with the Yankees the last three seasons, was left off the roster of postseason eligible players that the team filed with Major League Baseball on Friday, a major league baseball official said.
The Cardinals scored seven runs in the eighth, highlighted by Mark McGwire's three-run double, and five more in the ninth off the Pirates utilityman Keith Osik, who yielded a two-run homer to Thomas Howard an inning after hitting a two-run homer himself.
Either the long reliever Pat Mahomes or the utilityman Matt Franco will take the spot of the injured outfielder Derek Bell, with Mahomes more likely to be selected.
