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- Updated: August 4, 2016
CINCINNATI — Those offseason efforts to build a more formidable bench than the one that posted a .218/.280/.305 slash line a year ago has yielded the sort of success that even its architect, general manager John Mozeliak, likely couldn’t have envisioned.
Tommy Pham’s eighth-inning home run in Tuesday’s 7-5 loss to the Reds supplied the Cardinals with a short-lived lead but a more lasting place in the franchise record books. It was the team’s 11th pinch-hit blast of the season, most in the Majors and surpassing the previous Cardinals high set back in 1998.
Six different players have hit at least one pinch-hit home run; Jeremy Hazelbaker and Brandon Moss leading the list with three apiece.
“Getting a pinch-hit is difficult, let alone a home run,” Moss said. “I think pinch-hitting, this is the best team I’ve ever seen. Guys go up there, we don’t change a thing. We all stick with who we are and our approach. You see a lot of guys that if they’re in a pinch-hit role, they will change their approach just because you’re trying to get a hit and you …
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