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Bats stifled until Weeks Jr.’s homer in ninth
- Updated: May 21, 2016
ST. LOUIS — It took the D-backs’ offense a while to get cranking, and by the time it did, it proved to be too little too late in a 6-2 loss to the Cardinals on Saturday afternoon.
After scoring 11 runs in the series opener on Friday night, the offense was held scoreless for seven innings by right-hander Mike Leake, who used his cutter and sinker to induce ground ball after ground ball.
With his sinker moving into righties and his cutter breaking away from them, it was hard for the hitters to be ready or look for a specific zone. Of the 21 outs that Leake recorded, only four came in the air.
“A lot of movement on the two-seamer and cutter,” Welington Castillo said. “[They move] the opposite way. You can’t just look for the sinker or he’ll throw you the cutter, and then you’re going to hit …
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