Corbin Carroll slides to 7th in Diamondbacks' batting order

Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo is shaking up the lineup Wednesday against the St. Louis Cardinals with Corbin Carroll sliding down the batting order to seventh. The game with a 10:15 a.m. MST start also notably includes Blaze Alexander as the starting shortstop after he missed the past two games due to a hamstring cramp that took him out of a game Sunday. Alexander is batting second, behind right fielder Pavin Smith making his first start as a lead-off hitter. Smith has batted six or seventh in fourth games this year. The slumping Carroll has batted first in the order for three games and second in 20 so far this season. RELATED STORIES Assistant GM Mike Fitzgerald: It's hard to read