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PHILADELPHIA -- Next to all of that St. Louis power, Mike Leakes single mightve looked puny.But it scored two runs and those helped, too.Leake pitched seven strong innings and contributed at the plate, and the Cardinals homered four times Sunday to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-0.Jedd Gyorko, Stephen Piscotty, Brandon Moss and Jeremy Hazelbaker went deep.Its not the only way we can score runs but its our main way, Moss said. Weve got a lot of guys in the lineup that can do a lot of damage. Its nice to have guys in the lineup who can change a game like that.The Cardinals had hit multiple home runs in nine straight games, tying a major league record, before failing to connect twice Saturday night in a 4-2 loss. Manager Mike Matheny was happy to see the bats get going again.We needed that to continue to watch these guys stay in a good rhythm, he said.Jhonny Peralta added three hits as the Cardinals finished a 6-3 road trip. They remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Miami for the final wild-card spot in the National League.The Cardinals got six extra-base hits to set a club record of 14 straight games with at least three extra-base hits.Leake (9-9) gave up seven hits and struck out eight. Philadelphia had homered in 14 straight games before getting blanked by Leake and two relievers.He needed that, we needed that, Matheny said. It was a great outing for him. Youre seeing some strange swings because the ball was moving a lot for him today, and I thought he used his changeup well. And the breaking ball was there for strikes when he wanted it.Vince Velasquez (8-6) fell to 0-4 with a 6.23 ERA in his last seven starts.He wasnt locating his secondary pitches, Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. Hes going to be real good at one point. Hes got to keep working on it.Moss hit his 23rd homer and Leake added his single later in the fourth for a 4-0 lead.Piscotty connected in the fifth, the eighth home run Velasquez has allowed in three games.Im trying to figure it out, Velasquez said. I cant give a solid answer because I dont know what it is.Velasquez struck out 16 in a game earlier this season, but big league hitters have caught on to his fastball.I didnt have electric stuff early and next thing you know everything goes south when you dont have your secondary pitches, he said. Im not figuring it out and havent found that turning point yet.In the eighth, Gyorko hit his 20th homer and Hazelbaker had a pinch-hit drive.FOULS HIT FANSA day after a young girl was taken to the hospital when she was struck by a foul ball behind the Cardinals dugout, a young woman was hit in the face by Leakes foul in the sixth. She held an ice pack as she was helped to the concourse from her seat about 10 rows behind the dugout.Phillies shortstop Freddy Galvis, who hit the foul that injured the fan Saturday night, said before the game that the team should extend the netting from behind home plate all the way to left field.The fans give you the money, so you should protect them, right? Galvis said. Were worried about speeding up the game. Why dont you put up a net and protect all the fans?FORE!Asked how he was going to fix things, Velasquez said he was going to take some swings -- with his clubs.Im going to play a round of golf and take my mind off baseball, he said. I think a round of golf is going to solve it.IN A PINCHThe Cardinals tied a big league record with their 14th pinch-hit homer of the season. Hazelbaker matched a club mark for pinch-hit homers in a season with his fourth.UP NEXTCardinals: After Mondays day off, they begin a six-game homestand with the Mets. 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Tim Robin Johnsgard had the lone goal for Norway (0-2).This was a beauty of an AFL grand final, punctuated by constant high drama and a succession of highlights.But in the end, the Western Bulldogs drought-breaking premiership win came down to something much more matter-of-fact.The Bulldogs had more players contributing than Sydney did.It was, put simply, a better team effort.An AFL maxim holds that the top six players in a team dont win the flag - the bottom six do.Asked what went wrong, Swans coach John Longmire zeroed in on it.We think we probably needed to work a little bit harder, a little more consistently over the four quarters, Longmire said.We werent quite up to the workrate we normally get from our group and probably the Bulldogs consistency over their 22 versus ours - we probably didnt have as many contributors on the day.Minutes later, Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge was also asked how they had prevailed in such a tight contest.In the end we again had the even contribution of the 22 and in big games like this, you have to have that, he said.Bulldogs players such as Caleb Daniel and Jake Stringer had quiet days, but they contributed.Daniel finished strongly after not managing an effective kick or handball in the first term. Stringer kicked a crucial last-quarter goal.Key defender Joel Hamling played the game of his life, winning some massive one-on-one duels with Swans star Lancce Franklin.ddddddddddddAt the other end of the ground, high-profile recruit Tom Boyd picked the perfect day to show exactly why the Bulldogs spent so much money to bring him to Whitten Oval.He took six contested marks and kicked three goals in a command performance.Today, when we needed our players to find their very-best performance, he found his in a grand final, Beveridge said.Beveridge also heaped praise on his assistant coaches, particularly former Geelong stars Joel Corey and Steven King.They were in charge of the midfield and at halftime, they had to come up with something.Swans star Josh Kennedy was clearly best afield at that stage with 22 possessions.Beveridge said the tinkering that Corey and King did with their midfielders made a huge difference.Kennedy was still Sydneys best at the end, but his influence on the game notably lessened in the third term especially as the Bulldogs steadily took control.Of course, another key factor was the free-kick count - a whopping 20-8 in the Bulldogs favour.It left the Swans seething and Longmire could only laugh ruefully when asked about it post-match.But ultimately, the game was still there for Sydney to win. Not enough of their players seized the moment. ' ' '