Matt Holliday has continued to experience flu-like symptoms that have forced him to sit in the last few days, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold reports.

Holliday has continued to experience flu-like symptoms that have forced him to sit in the last few days, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold reports.

Analysis:

Holliday could have been feeling 100 percent and still have been scratched after the Pirates lost, but the four extra days of rest should help him. He figures to be healthy by the time the Cardinals reach Dodger Stadium on Friday.