St. Louis Cardinals land LHP Zach Duke from Chicago White Sox

The St. Louis Cardinals acquired veteran left-handed reliever Zach Duke from the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.

In exchange, the White Sox get minor league outfielder Charlie Tilson.

Duke, 33, is 2-0 with a 2.63 ERA in an American League-leading 53 appearances this season. He has 42 strikeouts in 37 1/3 innings pitched.

Duke has appeared in 413 career major league games with 169 starts (all made between 2005-13), posting a 60-83 record and a 4.35 ERA.

Since 2014, Duke has appeared as a reliever in 198 games, ranking fourth in the majors over that period and second only to the Pittsburgh Pirates' Tony Watson (200) among left-handed pitchers.

The Cardinals become Duke's seventh major league team along with the Pirates, Arizona Diamondbacks, Washington Nationals, Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers and White Sox.

Duke is signed through 2017 and is owed $5.5 million next season.

Tilson, 23, was the Cardinals' second-round pick (79th overall) in the 2011 draft. The left-handed swinging outfielder is batting .282 with four home runs, eight triples and 34 RBIs in 100 games at Triple-A Memphis this season.

Tilson has career marks of 471 minor league games with a .293 batting average, 19 home runs and 154 RBI along with 89 stolen bases. He resides in Chicago in the off-season and attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, just 25 miles north of the White Sox's U.S. Cellular Field.