ST. LOUIS — Left-hander Wade LeBlanc, one week shy of age 37 and suddenly the second youngest member of a new potential Cardinals rotation, still hasn’t scored a personal victory yet for the Cardinals despite allowing no more than three runs in any of his six starts.
On Friday, he matched his longest outing as a St. Louis pitcher, permitting just one run to the Minnesota Twins in 5 2/3 innings before being lifted. Had he lasted one additional out, he would have had his first Cardinals win because Tommy Edman laced a 1-2 knuckle curve from Tyler Duffey for a three-run double to crack a 1-1 tie in the Cardinals’ sixth and send the Cardinals to a 5-1 interleague victory at Busch Stadium in the first game of a nine-game home stand.
For the third time in eight days, the Cardinals nudged over the .500 mark at 52-51. They haven’t been two wins clear of .500 since June 16.
