St. Louis Cardinals activate Matt Holliday from DL

The St. Louis Cardinals activated All-Star outfielder Matt Holliday from the 15-day disabled list Friday.

Holliday, 35, who has been on the disabled list since suffering a right quadriceps strain on June 8, was ranked fourth in the National League in on-base pct. (.417) at the time of his injury and was batting .400 (four in NL) with runners in scoring position.

Holliday, who is just one home run shy of 275 for his career, reached base safely in an NL-record 45 consecutive games to begin the 2015 season.

In 52 games this season, Holliday is batting .303 with three home runs and 26 RBIs. He was voted a starter on the National League All-Star team for the first time in his career, but did not play due to injury. It was his seventh All-Star selection overall.

The Cardinals also optioned left-hander Nick Greenwood to Triple-A Memphis. He never appeared in a game this season during a brief call-up.