"If you get a start like Leake had and lose it, it's not a good thing. I'm glad we're on the other side of it," Cardinals third baseman Matt Carpenter said.
The bottom of the first inning began with Carpenter's home run for a 1-0 Cardinals lead. After that, Leake retired 20 of the next 22, including a stretch of 15 in a row.
"That's tough," catcher Tucker Barnhart said of the Carpenter leadoff homer. "But he righted the ship really quick. That's Mike. He throws a bunch of strikes. He pitches to contact. He kept us in the game all night.