The New York Mets lose to the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1

The New York Mets lost to the St. Louis Cardinals by the score of 7-1 on Tuesday afternoon. Mike Pelfrey made the start and did not pitch well at all. Daniel Murphy had a good game with a couple of hits and Jason Bay who only had one hit in the spring, had a double. 
Pelfrey pitched 4 1/3 innings giving up six hits and four runs. He gave up two homeruns and took the loss. Garrett Olson pitched 2/3 of an inning gave up a walk, Frank Francisco pitched an inning giving up two hits and one run. Ramon Ramirez pitched an inning giving up three hits, two runs and a strikeout, Manny Acosta pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout and Bobby Parnell pitched a scoreless inning giving up a walk.

Adam Wainwright got the win pitching three inning and giving up a hit. He walked one and struck out one. Maikel Cleto pitched two innings giving up three hits, one run, a walk and two strikeouts. Brandon Dickson pitched a perfect inning, J.C. Romero pitched an inning giving up a hit and Marc Rzepczynski pitched an inning giving up two walks and a strikeout. Victor Marte pitched an inning giving up a hit.

Andres Torres had a hit, Murphy had two hits and Bay had a hit. Ike Davis, Zach Lutz and Lucas Duda each had a walk. Duda had an RBI as well, Rob Johnson had a hit and Josh Satin had a hit.

The Mets were 0-5 with runners in scoring position and they left eight men on base. May made a throwing error. The Mets record on the spring is 3-6. The Mets will play the Detroit Tigers in Lakeland, Florida on Wednesday afternoon at 1:05PM.