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Cardinals pitcher Wade LeBlanc gives up a solo home run to Arizona Diamondbacks Josh Rojas in the fifth inning at Busch Stadium on Monday, June 28, 2021. (Robert Cohen,

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Wade LeBlanc, who made his first start for the Cardinals on Monday, leaves the game in the fifth inning.

Wade LeBlanc’s first inning pitched as a Cardinals starter included a warm-up offering fired to Busch Stadium’s backstop and a rainstorm that started soon after his first inning ended.

The word a team official muttered Monday — “snakebit” — came to mind.