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Flaherty (0.28 ERA in August) keeps his run going as Cardinals grab division lead

Flaherty (8-6), who threw 60 strikes in just 88 pitches and who will have one more start this month on Wednesday at Milwaukee, has allowed one run in 32 August innings for an ERA of 0.28. He has surrendered a miserly 14 hits and fanned 40 for the month.

The nine-strikeout, one-walk dismantlement of the Rockies, who had the top batting average in the league at .269, marked the 14th time Flaherty had pitched at least six innings this season and permitted four or fewer hits. For that matter, it was the ninth time he had begrudged three or fewer hits in at least six innings.