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Wacha returns to old form against Phillies
- Updated: May 4, 2016
ST. LOUIS — While one misplaced cutter may have soured Michael Wacha’s outing, the look he provided over the other 99 pitches he delivered in the Cardinals’ 1-0 loss to the Phillies offered a lot to like as the Cardinals envision his continued ascension in this rotation.
Wacha was better than he has been all season, certainly, and arguably as dominant as the Cardinals have seen him since his standout postseason of 2013. It had been even longer than that, too, since he last finished eight innings, which Wacha did while limiting the Phillies to five hits.
The only one that stung was a towering Ryan Howard blast, which proved to be enough as the Cardinals garnered no run support for Wacha for the second straight game.
“Some days,” Wacha said, “you have to go out there and match zeros.”
Though his last two starts have ended up in the loss column, they’ve offered every indication that …
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