The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the New York Mets 12-4

The New York Mets were defeated by the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday afternoon by the score of 12-4. The game took place at Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Darin Gorski started for the Mets and took the loss pitching two innings and giving up three hits and four runs with three walks. Carlos Torres pitched two innings giving up five hits and four runs with three walks and a strikeout, Robert Carson pitched two innings giving up two hits and a run with a strikeout and Greg Burke pitched two innings giving up four hits and three runs with three strikeouts. Bobby Parnell pitched an inning giving up a walk. 
Ruben Tejada had a hit, David Wright had two hits and Ike Davis drew a walk. Zach Lutz drew a walk, Marlon Byrd had a hit and Lucas Duda had a hit. John Buck had a hit and two RBI, Anthony Recker had a hit and an RBI and Colin Cowgill had a hit and an RBI. Buck, Recker and Cowgill each hit a homerun. The Mets were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left six men on base. Hicks committed an error and Byrd had an outfield assist.

Lance Lynn pitched two innings giving up four hits and two runs with three strikeouts. He picked up the win, Michael Wacha pitched three innings giving up a hit and striking out five, Edward Mujica pitched an inning giving up a hit and a walk and struck out one and Michael Blazek pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and two strikeouts. Eric Fornataro pitched an inning giving up a walk and Fernando Salas pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with two strikeouts.

John Jay had two hits and an RBI, Justin Christian had two hits and Carlos Beltran had a hit, two RBI and drew a walk. Matt Holliday drew a walk, Shane Robinson had two hits, three RBI and drew a walk and David Freese had a hit, an RBI and drew two walks. Kolten Wong had a hit and an RBI, Yadier Molina had a hit and three RBI and Matt Adams had two hits and an RBI. Daniel Descalso had a hit and Pete Kozma had a hit. Beltran, Jay, Molina, Robinson and Wong each hit a double. Robinson hit a homerun and the Cardinals were 6-15 with runners in scoring position and they left six men on base. Jay and Chambers each had a stolen base.

The Mets had a 2-0 lead in the second inning. The Cardinals scored four runs in the third and fourth innings to take an 8-2 lead. They had a 9-3 lead in the eighth and added three more runs before the Mets finished the scoring with a run in the ninth inning.

The Mets record is now 1-3 in the spring and the Cardinals are 3-2. The Mets will play at the Washington Nationals on Thursday night and the St. Louis Cardinals will host the Miami Marlins.