The Cardinals beat the Reds on Tuesday night but lost first baseman Albert Pujols to a calf strain in the process, according to The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He stumbled out of the batter's box in the seventh inning after aggravating a calf strain that limited him to pinch-hit duty last week. He had to be helped from the field. "Normally you try and enjoy the moment and deal with everything tomorrow. But it's pretty tough to enjoy it when I don't think there's a way he's going to avoid the disabled list," Manager Tony La Russa said. "That's baseball. That's a blow." St. Louis has yet to officially place Pujols on the disabled list.