“When he came in he told me right away, he said, ‘I’m going to try to hit and see if it loosens up.’ When he went into second base I looked out and he didn’t give me the OK, so I went out and checked and he said it’s really tight”.
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NY (63-63) tied it in the second on an RBI double by Asdrubal Cabrera, but Piscotty’s two-out infield single in the third plated Jedd Gyorko to give St. Louis the lead for good.
Mets’ right fielder Jay Bruce was removed from the game in the second inning with cramping in his left calf.
The St. Louis Cardinals matched a season-high with 19 hits, three of which were home runs, as they mauled the New York Mets 8-1 at Busch Stadium. The 26-year-old Louisiana native was solid in his first major-league start, allowing three runs and seven hits over 6 2/3 innings in a loss at San Francisco on Friday.
Sean Gilmartin was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas for the third time this season.
Brandon Moss hit two home runs for the Cardinals and Jedd Gyorko and Stephen Piscotty also connected.
This reminds me of the “we’re snakebitten, baby” quote from Fred Wilpon from about five years ago, but at least the issues for Bruce (who missed Thursday’s game) and Lugo seem minor.
“It’s hard to get results when you throw everything right down the middle”, deGrom said.
“We gave them an extra out and they put up four runs with it”, Moss said. Martinez allowed only one run in eight innings to pick up his 12th win of the season.
Lugo (1-2) earned his first career win, and got his first career hit, as the Mets (64-63) bludgeoned Adam Wainwright for seven runs to close within 3½ games of St. Louis for a wild card spot.
Alejandro DeAza, who came in to run for Bruce and stayed in to play center field, scored on Asdrubal Cabrera’s double.
“If anything were to happen, I guess that would be something to deal with in the off-season”, Cespedes said. “He doesn’t have to like it, but he accepts it and gets himself ready”. Goeddel escaped the fifth inning without further damage, but he and Hansel Robles went on to allow three more runs before the game was over. Loney is hitting.529 (18 for 34) against Wainwright for his career.
Lefty Jon Niese will undergo arthroscopic surgery today for a meniscus tear in his left knee, which likely ends his 2016 season. He hit.158 in his first 20 games with the Mets after being traded over from Cincinnati. He batted second and hit a two-run homer Thursday for the Redbirds.
Despite the rough two starts, deGrom still owns a 2.96 ERA and a 3.42 xFIP, to go with a 23.7 strikeout percentage (league average is 21.0 percent) this year.
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Cardinals: RHP Luke Weaver (0-1, 5.00 ERA) will make his third major league start, facing Oakland. He’s traditionally struggled against NY, going 3-4 with a 5.17 ERA in 10 career outings.
