In the meantime, he’s in total control. “I was at my lowest of lows this season”, Wainwright said. Matt Adams then drove in Holliday, extending the St. Louis lead to 3-1.
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“Great comeback win”, Molina said.
The 43-year-old Colon struck out eight and walked none.
“This is a really tough one to take”, manager Terry Collins said. Addison Reed pitched a flawless eighth for New York; Jeurys Familia recorded his 36th save of the season. Wilmer Flores doubled and singled twice, and Collins helped by winning his third replay challenge of the day. That streak appeared to be on the ropes tonight when a clutch homer from Yoenis Cespedes gAve the Mets a 4-3 lead late.
By taking two out of three games, the Cardinals moved a half-game ahead of the Mets in the Wild Card standings, though both teams still trail the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Miami Marlins for the two spots.
Gyorko hit his 14th homer for an early edge in the nightcap.
Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright gave up the four runs on 11 hits and one walk while striking out four over 6 2/3 innings.
St. Louis has homered in 17 straight games, its best streak since a team-record 19-game string in 2006. He smiled as he pulled into second base after breaking his long drought. He said at that time he never thought about his streak, dating back to August 1, 2015, ending, because if he put negative thoughts in his mind it would happen. Perez’s sacrifice fly in the seventh spoiled the shutout.
DIAMONDBACKS 8, BREWERS 1: Yasmany Tomas hit two home runs, Archie Bradley pitched seven solid innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-1 on Wednesday night. Three relievers finished, with Seung Hwan Oh getting his fifth save in six chances.
NOTES: Mets 3B Jose Reyes (left side) sat out his second straight game and was not expected to be available for Thursday afternoon’s series opener against the Colorado Rockies. Collins said Reyes will be out “a couple of days”.
Today’s Player of the Game award goes to Cardinals’ catcher Yadier Molina. He pitched a scoreless inning.
LHP Josh Smoker was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas to be the Mets’ 26th man in Game 2 of the Tuesday doubleheader, but he did not see action.
“It’s baseball, and until the 27th out, you don’t know any result”, Cespedes said after the game. “So quit looking to the outside and look on the inside with what we’ve got to do with the guys in this room to get it done”. “I was dressing as I was going to the bullpen”. He sat out the previous two games to get a break from a 4-for-45 slump. “Honestly, it hasn’t sunk in yet”, he said.
Said Verrett, “That was an unbelievable at-bat by him”.
The Cardinals’ rotation has three pitchers with ERAs over 4.00.
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Logan Verrett pitched seven efficient innings and slumping Neil Walker went 3 for 3 with a base on balls for the third-place Mets, who dropped 5 1/2 games behind NL East-leading Washington.
