The teams were already allowed to activate a 26th player for Saturday. Sunday is Sept. 1, so the roster limit is off on that day and the teams can have players galore.

The last time the Cardinals had back-to-back doubleheaders at Busch as in 1994, when they played four games vs. the Braves on July 21 and 22. The last time they did it overall was on Aug. 20 and 21 of 1998 at the New York Mets. The Cardinals played back-to-back doubleheaders at Busch on July 7 and July 8 of 1987. The Cardinals went 4-0 in those games against the Dodgers.

O'NEILL RECALLED; THOMAS INJURED

The first X-rays taken in Milwaukee, the Tuesday night he was hit by a pitch, didn’t reveal a fracture to Cardinals outfielder Lane Thomas’ right wrist. But a CT scan taken here Thursday, after the Cardinals returned from their trip, revealed a fracture.

Thomas was placed on the 10-day disabled list, and likely is out for the remainder of the regular season.

Thomas also had been hit on the right arm earlier in the Milwaukee series.

"He survived the first hit by pitch and didn't come out as clean on the second one," Cardinals manager Mike Shildt said. "Small fracture in a smaller bone in his right wrist that is going to impact him for three to six weeks."