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SAN DIEGO -- St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jaime Garcia will have surgery on his left shoulder this week and is expected to miss the rest of the season. The Cardinals announced Wednesday that Garcia will have surgery to repair tears in his rotator cuff and labrum. Team doctor George Paletta will perform the operation on Friday in St. Louis. Garcia is 5-2 with a 3.58 ERA in nine starts this year. He was put on the disabled list Sunday after feeling pain that increased over the course of three starts. "This isnt surprising news to us," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "We anticipated that surgery was a real possibility. I think its a relief for him to go in get the shoulder cleaned up and allow him to move forward and be healthy for spring training." Garcia was sidelined with shoulder soreness twice last season. He chose rest over surgery during the off-season, but the latest recurrence of shoulder pain led to a recommendation that he have surgery. Garcia is 39-25 lifetime with a 3.45 ERA and has been a mainstay in the Cardinals rotation since 2010. Joe Namath Youth Jersey . World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187. Joe Namath Womens Jersey .Y. -- Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo had little trouble picking up his first shutout of the season against a Buffalo Sabres team thats having trouble scoring goals. http://www.jetsrookiestore.com/Jets-Ladainian-Tomlinson-Jersey/ . Bjorn, who had a 36-hole total of 8-under 134, made a testing six-foot putt to save par on the 16th and a birdie on the 17th before bogeying the final hole after a misjudged approach shot. American Kevin Streelman was in second place after shooting a 69. Mark Gastineau Jersey .Y. - New Orleans forward Anthony Davis was chosen Friday to replace the injured Kobe Bryant in the NBA All-Star game that will be played in his home city. LaDainian Tomlinson Youth Jersey . -- The Magic have their first victory of the new year. CLEVELAND -- The Indians have placed right-hander Josh Tomlin on the family medical emergency list.Tomlin has returned to his home in Tyler, Texas, to attend to a family matter and will be on the list from three to five days. Tomlin started Monday against Boston and is 11-6 with a 4.14 ERA this season.Right-hander Dannny Salazar, who has been on the 15-day disabled list with a sore elbow, will be activated Thursday and start against the White Sox.dddddddddddd Salazar is 11-4 with a 3.38 ERA in 20 starts. ' ' '