Cardinals call up red-hot OF/1B Alec Burleson

After tormenting International League pitchers all season, outfielder/first baseman Alec Burleson received his first call-up to the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.

Burleson will take the roster spot of outfielder Dylan Carlson, who was placed on the injured list with a thumb sprain.

Burleson, 23, was batting .331 at Triple-A Memphis with a .905 OPS and had 20 home runs with 87 RBIs in 109 games. The former second-roun