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HOUSTON -- St. Louis Cardinals slugger Matt Holliday is scheduled to undergo surgery Wednesday to repair his broken right thumb, the team announced. The news casts further doubt on Hollidays ability to play again this season.Holliday was struck in the hand by a pitch from Chicago Cubs reliever Mike Montgomery on Thursday night in Chicago. Holliday consulted with a hand specialist Monday in St. Louis and spent the evening debating whether to have surgery. He opted to do so on Tuesday.According to Cardinals manager Mike Matheny, the hand specialist informed Holliday that having surgery now would be his only path to return this season. However, theres no guarantee Holliday can return -- doctors should have a better idea after the procedure -- but there would have been no chance if he had allowed the bone to heal on its own.The team has not given a specific timetable for Hollidays return.Its impressive hes going to go through something like that just with the chance that something might happen later, Matheny said.St. Louis is 12 games behind the Cubs in the National League Central, but the Cards are in the wild-card hunt. Montgomery said it wasnt on purpose after he hit Holliday with a 94 mph fastball and said he was just trying to pitch inside.Holliday, 36, is in the final season of a seven-year, $120 million contract. The team holds a $17 million option on him for 2017. He is batting .242 with a .768 OPS. He trails only Brandon Moss in home runs on the Cardinals, with 19.Holliday has batted third in 85 of the Cardinals 118 games this season. In his absence, players such as Randal Grichuk and Tommy Pham figure to get more playing time.Its super disappointing, but its part of the sport, unfortunately, Holliday said at the time.The Cardinals also announced that reliever Seth Maness will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. Maness was put on the 15-day disabled list for the second time this season because of elbow pain. The team recalled right-hander Sam Tuivailala from Triple-A Memphis. Wholesake Fake Nike Air Force 1 . -- There were a lot of firsts for the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. Fake Shoes . Takahashi, who had a 10-point lead after the short program, received 268.31 points after the free skate to finish 15 points ahead of second-place Nobunari Oda. https://www.fakeshoes.net/ . Q: Team Canada announces their Olympic roster three weeks from today. Who is general manager Steve Yzerman watching? LeBrun: Over the last 48 hours, hes taken in the home-and-home between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche with Jamie Benn and Matt Duchene being the obvious targets. Cheap Fake Shoes . Third-seeded Murray had the easiest path to victory on New Years Eve, barely breaking a sweat during his 6-0, 6-0 win over 2,129th-ranked Qatari wildcard recipient Mousa Shanan Zayed. Fake Jordan . Down by seven with 90 seconds left in regulation, thats where they looked comfortable. PRAGUE -- Sparta Prague has fired coach Zdenek Scasny after a 2-0 loss to archrival Slavia Prague in the Czech premier league.The move happened on Monday, one day after Spartas first loss to Slavia at home since 2008. Angry Sparta fans invaded the field after the game.Scasny took over in April 2015 and led Sparta to the quarterfinals of Europaa League last season but failed to win the Czech title and qualify for the Champions League.ddddddddddddIt is not immediately clear who will replace Scasny.Sparta hosts Inter Milan in the Europa League on Thursday. ' ' '