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From the start, Gomber rides slider, health into obvious prominence, uncertain role

Once he shook the soreness and limits out of his left arm and tried to race the calendar last fall to make a return to the Cardinals, Austin Gomber searched for somewhere, anywhere he could get in a game.

Now it’s the Cardinals turn to figure how to fit him in.

Gomber and righthander Daniel Ponce de Leon have started summer where they finished spring — as hard for the Cardinals to ignore as it is to find them a specific role on the staff. With four superb innings Tuesday night at Busch Stadium in an intrasquad game, Gomber, like Ponce de Leon, continues to prep for the season as a starter.