And, I’m sure when he started the game, he, the Cardinals or the Mets, expected an 18 inning game ahead of them. Carlos Martinez (10-4) was pressed into relief and was the Cardinals’ eighth pitcher.
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Familia did escape a second-and-third jam later in the inning with a strikeout of left fielder Tommy Pham, one of 30 K’s between the teams.
The New York Mets were out of it early on Friday as they were blown out by the Cardinals.
In the Mets’ case it took until the 13th inning Sunday to find their first run, and victory couldn’t be claimed until the 18th.
After the Mets had broke the scoreless deadlock with a run in the 13th on Kevin Plawecki’s RBI single, Kolten Wong resurrected the Cardinals with a leadoff homer against Jeurys Familia to tie the game.
The Cards are very tough to beat at home as the Mets have found out by losing the first 2 games in this series.
Jeff Roberson/AP Jonathon Niese pitches 7-2/3 scoreless innings, but the game goes a long, long way after he exits. St Louis ranks 19th in scoring (3.99 rpg), while on the mound they are 1st in ERA (2.71).
1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on.
“The thought was, ‘Let’s get a couple of runs.’ I was glad we were able to hang in there and beat a very good team”, Gilmartin said.
New York put at least one runner on base in every inning except the first and had runners in scoring position in all nine extra innings. Cuddyer has five career homers against Lackey, his most against any pitcher. Only Philadelphia (27) in 1973 and San Diego (26) in 1979 left more runners stranded in a game – and both teams lost.
Mark Teixeira hit a tiebreaking home run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning as the New York Yankees edged Seattle 2-1.
In the sixth after Cardinals lefty Tim Cooney walked John Mayberry, Jr.in the sixth to load the bases, Seth Maness came in to strike out the rookie catcher to get out of the inning.
This wasn’t the first time the teams endured a scoring drought against each other at Busch Stadium, and the Mets won the previoius one, too.
And the Mets pushed across an insurance run in the 18th with a squeeze play (note the strong effort by the Cardinals to turn it into a double play)…
ATHLETICS 3, TWINS 2 (10) Stephen Vogt hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning and Oakland rallied to beat visiting Minnesota. TRAINER’S ROOM Cardinals: OF Jason Heyward didn’t start after exiting Saturday night’s game because of leg cramps. Heyward also has been dealing with a head cold that Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said has been making the rounds through the clubhouse.
In the top of the ninth, Eric Campbell worked a one-out walk pinch hitting for the pitcher, only to be caught stealing – by a mile – to make the third out with Murphy at the plate. UP NEXT Mets: Trailing Washington by two games in the NL East, New York opens a three-game series Monday at Nationals Park.
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Colon (9-8) gave up four runs in the first and surrendered seven runs in 4 1/3 innings. The young right-hander was supposed to start Tuesday night against the White Sox.
