RF Brandon Moss (left ankle sprain) went on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday. Moss, who leads St. Louis with 17 homers and is batting .251 with 40 RBI, may have sustained the injury while beating out an infield hit in the fifth inning Monday. He appeared to limp back to first but stayed in the game and played all nine innings.

1B/OF Brandon Moss, the Cardinals' top home run hitter with 17, was placed on the 15-day DL with a left ankle sprain.

RF Brandon Moss replaced Tommy Pham in the starting lineup Monday, batting seventh and going 1-for-4. It was a rare start against a lefty for Moss, who led the National League with a .792 slugging percentage in June. Moss is on a pace to sock a career-high 34 homers while batting less than 500 times, an outstanding ratio.

LF Brandon Moss had two doubles in Friday's 4-3 loss.

LF Brandon Moss (1-for-3) reached base three times with a double and two walks. He's batting .354 with a .436 OBP in 14 June games. He's hitting .251 in 64 games for the season.

1B Brandon Moss went 1-for-3 with a home run and an RBI on Monday night as he belted his 16th homer of the season to put the Cardinals ahead of the Cubs in the second inning. He has five home runs in his last 10 games and three this season on 0-2 counts.

1B Brandon Moss hit two homers Wednesday at Cincinnati. After the game, he said he would like to hit for a higher average and get on base more consistently, but for the time being, he is content with providing power. On Thursday, he took a different approach, going 2-for-4 with a single and bunt hit. Moss has reached base in four of five games.

LF Brandon Moss recorded his eighth career multi-home run game when he homered in consecutive at-bats on Wednesday night in Cincinnati including a two-run blast in the sixth. Moss is batting just .239 but he leads the team with 13 homers. "I've got power and I go up there to use my power, that's my role on the team," Moss said. "I'm never going to hit .300. I am who I am."

OF/1B Brandon Moss rapped out three hits for the Cardinals on Saturday, finishing a double shy of the cycle. His leadoff homer in the fifth started the team's rally from a 4-0 deficit and his triple in the eighth led to an insurance run that capped the scoring. Of his 32 hits this year, 18 have gone for extra bases, meaning that his .234 average is accompanied by a healthy .533 slugging percentage.

OF Brandon Moss hit his third pinch-hit home run of the season Wednesday, and the fifth of his career. The Cardinals now have hit 10 pinch-hit home runs in 2016, tying a franchise record set in 1998.

OF Brandon Moss hit his third pinch-hit home run of the season Wednesday, and the fifth of his career. The Cardinals now have hit 10 pinch-hit home runs in 2016, tying a franchise record set in 1998.

LF Brandon Moss snapped a streak of 12 games without a homer when he drilled a solo shot in the bottom of the fourth, giving him eight for the season. It was the longest stretch between homers this year for Moss, second on the team in homers to Matt Carpenter. Moss is hitting only .218 but slugging .482, as more than half his 24 hits are for extra bases.

1B Brandon Moss kept St. Louis from being shut out with a two-out solo shot in the ninth inning, his sixth homer of the year. It was originally ruled a double, but a crew chief review gave Moss the homer as the ball clearly made it over the wall in left-center. Moss is batting only .227 for the year, but is dangerous in the ninth inning, going 4-for-8 with two homers and five runs.

1B Brandon Moss has three homers run in four at-bats while hitting with two outs and runners in scoring position this season. He padded that stat with a two-out, three-run homer to cap a five-run fifth inning in an 8-2 victory at Arizona on Tuesday. "That's a stark contrast from last year," Moss said. "I really struggled, put a lot of pressure on myself last year just to hit with runners on base. When you do that it doesn't work out very well. This year I am trying to relax in those at-bats. I'm seeing the ball in those at-bats in those at-bats and I have a better approach this year."

OF/1B Brandon Moss hit a three-run homer in third inning Sunday against the Braves, giving him at least one home run against every major league team in a 10-year career. After being hit by a pitch an inning earlier, Moss connected on a 1-0 changeup for a long blast to center field off Williams Perez. He hit 19 homers last year with Cleveland and the Cardinals, and has 111 home runs for his career.

1B Brandon Moss, who grew up in suburban Atlanta, reached base four times on Saturday against the Braves. He had two hits, walked twice, scored a run and drove in a run. Atlanta remains the only team in the major leagues that Moss has never homered against.

1B Brandon Moss started at first base on Tuesday night and went 1-for-4 with a double while 1B Mark Adams sat. The two left-handed hitters competed for the starting job in spring training but both were so unimpressive that the Cardinals began experimenting with Holliday at first base.

1B Brandon Moss batted only .226 between Cleveland and St. Louis last season but showed flashes of the 30-homer power he has displayed during his career. The Cardinals believe Moss will be at 100 percent this year after rushing a return from hip surgery to be ready for 2015. He could challenge Matt Adams for playing time.

1B/OF Brandon Moss avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $8.25 million contact on Friday.

Moss is in the lineup for Game 2 of the NLDS against the Cubs on Saturday, MLB.com's Carrie Muskat reports.

Moss was held out of Friday's Game 1 with the Cardinals facing left-hander Jon Lester, but he will get the start at first base Saturday afternoon against righty Kyle Hendricks. Moss will hit sixth in the Cardinals' batting order.