Left fielder Marcell Ozuna, who finished his injury rehabilitation option at Memphis on a high note Thursday night with three hits, including a home run, and five runs batted in, will join the Cardinals for the start of their two-game series in Oakland and is likely to be activated Saturday night. That was the word Friday from president of baseball operations John Mozeliak.

Ozuna, who suffered several finger fractures on his right hand on June 28 when he dived back into first base on a pickoff attempt in San Diego, was four for nine with six RBIs in three games at Memphis. The left fielder, despite missing 28 games, still leads the Cardinals in runs batted in at 62 and is second in home runs at 20 to Paul Goldschmidt’s 25.

The Cardinals were 18-10 without Ozuna but will welcome him back to the middle of the lineup, which has been inconsistent lately other than Goldschmidt.

Mozeliak also said he hoped that third baseman Matt Carpenter (right foot contusion) would join the team in Los Angeles on Monday. After going hitless in his first 22 at-bats at Class AA Springfield and at Class AAA Memphis, Carpenter had two hits in succession and drove in three runs on Thursday night.