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Cards think more work will sharpen Rosenthal
- Updated: June 4, 2016
ST. LOUIS — Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal made his 19th appearance of the season Friday night in the ninth inning. He entered the game with St. Louis trailing by one run, well within striking distance of a possible rally in the bottom half of the inning.
Instead, he allowed a season-high three runs and gave the Giants room to breathe on their way to a 5-1 victory.
“I feel that Rosie has a good as a chance as [Dean] Kiekhefer or anybody else of getting us out of that,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. “But right then, he was having trouble getting the ball down and finding the zone. I didn’t want to pile pitches, but he’s still going to be our guy.”
Part of Rosenthal’s struggles includes an inconsistent workload. The last time the Cardinals had a save situation that Rosenthal received happened May 18. He has made five appearances …
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