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ST. LOUIS -- Mike Leake is known for getting ground-ball outs. These days, hes taking care of business himself.Leake had his second straight double-digit strikeouts game with no walks, joining Bob Gibson as the only Cardinals to accomplish the feat, and St. Louis beat the San Diego Padres 10-2 on Monday night.Actually Im trying to attack and get a few strikeouts, I think thats kind of helping, Leake said. Im feeling good, feeling healthy and just going after guys.Leake (7-7) struck out a season-best 11, one shy of his career high, and allowed one run and six hits in six innings. The Cardinals top free agent pickup fanned 10 over seven innings in a victory at Milwaukee on July 10.Plus, he hasnt walked anybody in 19 consecutive innings.I feel like its all kind of coming together a little bit, Leake said. Im able to put the ball where I want it a little better right now than I was earlier in the year, thats for sure.Gibson accomplished the feat in his final start of the 1968 regular-season and his first in 1969, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.Leake has four career double-digit strikeouts games and is the first Cardinals pitcher with 10 or more in consecutive starts since Lance Lynn in 2012.Hes able to make big pitches in big situations, manager Mike Matheny said. He was so good on the corners.Pinch-hitter Matt Adams batted for Leake after the Padres changed pitchers, and his two-run double keyed a four-run sixth inning. Randal Grichuk and Jedd Gyorko connected in consecutive at-bats in the seventh, and Stephen Piscotty homered into Big Mac Land in the third deck in left in the eighth. Adams is 9 for 21 with two homers and eight RBI as a pinch hitter.We knew what we were getting into, Padres manager Andy Green said. It just didnt work out.Christian Friedrich (4-6) gave up four runs -- three earned -- six hits and five walks in 5 1/3 innings. The lefty has lost his last four starts.Even the outs I was getting, I was falling behind the hitters, Friedrich said. Same old story.Matt Kemp homered for the third straight game for the Padres, coming off a sweep at home over the NL West-leading Giants. The Padres have homered in a franchise-record 16 consecutive games, the longest streak in the NL since the Reds had 18 in a row in 2010.Rookie Aledmys Diaz added an RBI triple, and Stephen Piscotty had a run-scoring single in the sixth-inning rally that put St. Louis ahead 6-1. Diaz also singled and walked and has reached safely in a team-high 22 consecutive games.ROSENTHAL MOPUPCardinals manager Mike Matheny said former closer Trevor Rosenthal wont get any duty in high leverage situations for the time being. Rosenthal retired the side in order in the ninth.Were always going to celebrate when we get a positive from Rosey, manager Mike Matheny said.TRAINERS ROOMPadres: OF Jon Jay (right wrist) expects to get his cast off in about two weeks, and then a rehab will follow.Cardinals: 3B Jhonny Peralta (sore thumb) was not in the lineup. He was taken out in a double switch on Sunday. OF Matt Carpenter (oblique) and 1B-OF Brandon Moss (ankle) played light catch together.UP NEXTPadres: San Diego has won eight of the last 12 starts of Colin Rea (5-3). He had no decision his last time out, allowing four runs in 4 2/3 innings on July 6 at Arizona.Cardinals: Carlos Martinez (8-6) leads the majors with a .189 opponents batting average and has allowed just one extra-base hit to a right-handed hitter. Wholesale NBA Jerseys Outlet . 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Those players were Dallas Stars 2012 first-rounder Radek Faksa, Winnipeg Jets 2013 fourth-rounder Jan Kostalek and Phoenix Coyotes 2012 seventh-rounder Marek Langhamer. CHICAGO -- Ryan Braun reached the 30-homer mark for the first time since his drug-related suspension.Braun hit a pair of two-run homers and drove in five runs Saturday in the Milwaukee Brewers 11-3 rout of the Chicago Cubs. He reached 30 for the first time since he had a career-high 41 in 2012, a year before his 65-game suspension for violations of baseballs drug agreement and labor contract.The wind was blowing out at Wrigley Field, and Braun homered off 2015 NL Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta (17-7) in the sixth to put Milwaukee ahead, 4-3.Im a lot more excited to face Jake Arrieta than when the wind is blowing in, Braun said. This is as close as well get to a playoff atmosphere, obviously. So as a player, as a competitor, its a lot fun.Braun is hitting .279 with 16 homers and 42 RBI since the start of August.Since the trade deadline, hes been outstanding, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. Hes swinging the bat really well. Hes driving in runs really well.Chris Carter hit his 35th homer, a drive off Spencer Patton that hit the video board and would have traveled 438 if it had landed unimpeded, according to MLBs Statcast. Domingo Santana added a solo shot and Scooter Gennett doubled twice.Milwaukees Zach Davies (11-7) was effective after giving up three runs in the first, allowing seven hits in five innings.Zach kind of settled them down by putting up four zeroes and getting oout of that bases-loaded jam), Counsell said in a reference to fourth-inning trouble.ddddddddddddTo me, that was the key to the game.Four relievers limited the Cubs to just one hit and walked only one over four innings.Arrieta gave up four runs -- three earned -- four hits and four walks in six innings. He is 3-2 with a 4.58 ERA and 21 walk in his last six starts and acknowledged he cant afford to fall behind, especially on hitters like Braun.You go out in the sixth with a two run lead and wasnt able to get out of that unscathed, Arrieta said. Just poor execution. I dont think we were at our best today.TRAINERS ROOMBrewers: RHP Junior Guerras season was ended because of an innings limit. ... 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