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Leake blanks Phils with control, versatility
- Updated: August 21, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Cardinals pitcher Mike Leake hit a two-run single to break open a game against the Phillies on Sunday. He called what he did with the bat something that is “sometimes my job.”
What he did with his arm is the kind of work he would like to do every time he takes the mound.
Leake pitched seven scoreless innings in the Cardinals’ 9-0 win over the Phillies on a rainy afternoon at Citizens Bank Park. It was the longest start of the second half for the right-hander, and it marked the second time in 25 starts this season in which Leake did not allow a run.
“He needed that. We needed that,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. “It was a great outing for him. … He went out and did a great job of making pitches all day long. He had a real closeness right around the plate and got the ground balls when he needed them.”
Leake struck out eight Phillies in the outing, but he …
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