Andrew McCutchen left Tuesday night's game against the St. Louis Cardinals with left rib discomfort.

McCutchen departed after flying out to right in the bottom of the fifth inning.

"Today caught up to him in a couple of different ways," Clint Hurdle said. "Tonight got to be a point where we didn't think we needed to push any farther than he did."

McCutchen spent 15 days on the disabled list with fractured rib cartilage earlier this month and appeared to aggravate the injury in the third inning when he collided with the wall while tracking down a fly ball.