TORONTO – Albert Pujols reached the 100-RBI mark for the 13th time, the fifth player in history to achieve the feat, Mike Trout had three hits and drove in four runs, and Los Angeles beat Toronto.
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The Mets will need all the offense they can get against the Cardinals, which tied a season high with 19 hits Wednesday night and lead the NL with 178 homers.
Moss, Gyorko, Piscotty and Randal Grichuk each had two hits for St. Louis. The Mets got on the board in the second when Wilmer Flores delivered a sacrifice fly against Wainwright (L, 9-8).
Whenever a baserunner goes from first base to third on a hit, there’s always the opportunity for something exciting to happen – like a bang-bang play.
See how Cespedes’ foot pins Adam Wainwright’s glove to the base? The ruling was upheld that Cespedes was safe at third to the surprise of both dugouts, broadcast booths, crowd, and anyone watching. De Aza hit a three-run homer, extending the Mets’ lead to seven.
“(Muchlinski) said you’ve got to show possession”, Wainwright said.
Wainwright had never heard of such of play.
De Aza, who would have long ago been designated for assignment if most Mets fans were in charge of the roster, made a great catch against the center field wall to rob Matt Carpenter of a potential home run-and certainly at least an extra-base hit.
Mets manager Terry Collins wants to have a conversation with general manager Sandy Alderson about pushing back deGrom, but it might be tough to accomplish. “He doesn’t have to like it, but he accepts it and gets himself ready”.
Lugo (1-2) pitched five scoreless innings.
Martinez (12-7) gave up one run and four hits over eight innings for his second straight victory.
With the rubber-game win, the Mets moved to within 3.5 games of the Cardinals for the National League’s second wild-card spot. And yet he never threw a pitch in the sixth, as Lugo exited with a right calf cramp after tossing a few warmups. He also singled in the fourth for his first career hit.
“The biggest thing for me is keeping from getting behind in the counts and having to throw pitches over the middle of the plate”, Lugo said. De Aza extended the lead in the fourth with a two run single and again in the fifth with a three run homer (5). Loney is hitting.529 (18 for 34) against Wainwright for his career.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The New York Mets came out of Wednesday night wondering what might be wrong with right-hander Jacob deGrom and hoping nothing serious is amiss with right fielder Jay Bruce.
Jon Niese’s season looks to be over, as the left-hander will undergo arthroscopic surgery to fix a torn meniscus in his left knee, per MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo. Cardinals RHP Trevor Rosenthal (right shoulder inflammation) started a throwing program Tuesday and will throw off flat ground for two weeks before further evaluation. They have exceeded their season average of 3.8 runs per game by averaging 5.2 during that stretch. Lugo went 6.2 innings, surrendering three runs, striking out three and walking one in an 8-1 defeat to the Giants in his most recent start.
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Goeddel was 1-0 with a 4.18 ERA in 28 relief appearances. Brandon Moss (.265, 54 Rs, 23 HRs, 57 RBIs, 1 SB) continued his strong play yesterday, going 2 for 5 with one run.
