St. Louis CardinalsvsNew York Mets
STL 4/NYM 5
Things to say
Mets beat the Cardinals 5-4 at Citi Field.
01
opener
Mets snuck one out 5-4 at Citi. Cards had it for most of the night and the bullpen gave it back. Classic getaway-day baseball.
02
key player
Whoever came up big in the heart of the order for New York earned it — Cards pitching kept leaving stuff over the plate and somebody finally made them pay.
03
hot take
St. Louis is 37-29 and they're still finding ways to lose one-run games to a sub-.500 team. That's a manager problem, not a roster problem.
04
deep cut
Cardinals skipper went to the pen way too early again. You've got a starter cruising and you yank him for matchups? Read the room.
05
exit
Anyway — curious what they do tomorrow, Mets have been sneaky tough at home all month.
The recap
Mets edged the Cardinals 5-4 at Citi Field, a one-run nail-biter that the home crowd will take any day of the week. Without a scoring summary to point at a specific hero, the story is the upset flavor: St.
Louis came in at 37-29 and walked out of Queens with a loss to a sub-.500 club. New York's bullpen had to lock down a tight one against the heart of a Cardinals order that's been mashing all year.
Getaway day in Flushing, and the Mets stole one.