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| LeBlanc: 7.1 IP, 1 ER, 10 K |
Seattle snapped a four-game losing streak that they took into the all star break with a 3-1 victory over the White Sox as starter Wade LeBlanc (6-1) worked into the eighth inning.
LeBlanc, a long reliever and spot starter, allowed just four hits and one run over 7 1/3 innings, walking one and striking out 10 would-be Chicago hitters. He needed just 84 pitches for the effort.
After allowing a run on two first-inning doubles, LeBlanc settled down, giving up only two more hits, setting down 11 straight before Omar Narvaez's single in the eighth prompted a call to the bullpen.
The Mariners kept pace with Houston in the AL West, trailing the division leaders by five games as the Astros took a 3-1 decision over the Angels.
Seattle hosts Chicago in game two of their three-game series, Saturday, 7:10 pm PDT.
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| Carpenter ties record. |
Matt Carpenter tied a major league record for most extra base hits in a game, going 5-for-5 with three home runs and a pair of doubles, propelling the St. Louis Cardinals to an 18-5 slaughter of the Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
Batting in the leadoff spot, Carpenter victimized Cubs' starter, Jon Lester (12-3), with a leadoff homer and a two-run, second-inning blast as the Cardinals built a 5-1 lead. Lester lasted into the fourth inning, allowing a leadoff double by Carpenter, and two walks, leaving the bases loaded for Anthony Bass. St. Louis eventually sent 11 batters to the plate in the frame, including Carpenter again, who doubled in one of the seven Cardinal runs scored in the inning.
Carpenter completed his record-setting spree with a three-run homer in the sixth, driving in seven runs, scoring four times. The record of five extra base hits in a game is held by 14 different players.
St. Louis and Chicago face each other again on Saturday (1:05 pm EDT) in game three of their five -game series.
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