CHICAGO — As Wade LeBlanc dressed and readied himself to leave the visitor’s clubhouse of Guaranteed Rate Field on Monday night, teammate after teammate stopped by his locker and offered various forms of praise.
“Good work, Wade.”
“Nice job, Wade.”
LeBlanc acknowledged each of the compliments and exited without much fanfare.
Regardless of what manager Scott Servais said postgame or what Mike Leake added in his comments to the media after his dismal outing, the importance LeBlanc’s relief work went largely go unnoticed by the casual fan. They could only see the lopsided 10-4 loss and Leake’s shaky outing where he allowed eight runs on 12 hits.