It's neither of them.

In somewhat of a surprise move, the Cardinals are going to start lefty Jaime Garcia on short rest. The move is possible because Garica threw fewer than 80 pitches in his start Tuesday night at Citi Field, and the Cardinals, after discussions that included floating the idea past the front office, have opted to go back to him on three days of rest.

Matheny said "any time you have one of your five" available to start, the team should start one of the members of the rotation.

Garcia has never thrown on short rest in his career.

He allowed that it also meant Lyons would be available in relief Thursday and Friday. Lyons has taken on a "more prominent" role in the bullpen in the past few weeks, Matheny said, and the team did not want to be hands-off with him or stuck scrambling Friday night for a starter as they did last weekend. Jerome Williams will be serving in the long relief role -- and he could get the call if Garcia falters.

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