DeGrom surrendered five runs on 12 hits and two walks in 4⅔ innings. “But it was just one of those days”. “I’m just taking a rip at it and playing”.
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Alejandro DeAza, who came in to run for Bruce and stayed in to play center field, scored on Asdrubal Cabrera’s double.
Eight Cardinals had two or more hits, including right-hander Carlos Martinez.
That being said, maybe it takes being knocked down tonight for us to go out and get at one of their best young arms in Jacob DeGrom. Piscotty and Yadier Molina had three and every player except Carpenter raised his season batting average. St. Louis opened the scoring in the first when Carpenter, back in the leadoff spot after not driving in a run in his last 33 at-bats while hitting third or second, cracked his 16th home run of the year and the 12th leadoff homer of his career. “I’ve been really listening to Yadi and his advice has been really great and I feel really good about myself right now”.
Collins pulled deGrom from the game after allowing two straight runners to reach in the fifth with two outs and the Mets trailing by four.
PIRATES 7, ASTROS 1 Ivan Nova took a shutout into the ninth inning and finished with a six-hitter while Gregory Polanco hit two home runs to lead host Pittsburgh to a victory over Houston.
Jeurys Familia earned his 42nd save.
“He’s got a tight calf”, Mets manager Terry Collins said of Bruce.
Niese left the game after facing four batters with left knee pain. The throw to first was late, allowing Gyorko to score.
The Cardinals won for the seventh time in nine games and posted a season high-tying 19 hits.
New York’s starter Jon Niese exited the game after just 1/3 of an inning pitched when he hurt his leg on a play at the plate while backing up the play. In a performance 180 degrees removed from deGrom’s, Martinez rolled through seven innings in his last start on August 17 in Houston, allowing just a run and fanning seven in an 8-2 win. In his last two outings, however, deGrom has been pounded for 13 runs on 25 hits over 9 2/3 innings.
Goeddel, 27, was 1-0 with a 4.18 ERA in 28 relief outings for NY earlier this season.
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With an overtaxed bullpen, the Mets also recalled left-hander Sean Gilmartin from Triple-A Las Vegas and optioned Erik Goeddel following the game. In the last five years alone, Komen Greater NYC has helped 657,000 women, men and families in New York City, on Long Island, and in Westchester and Rockland Counties.
