The New York Mets defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0

The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals by the score of 3-0 on Sunday afternoon. The game took place at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. Jordany Valdespin had a hit and an RBI and Jaime Hoffman had a hit and two RBI. Shaun Marcum started and pitched well but the Mets used six other pitchers who all pitched well. 
Marcum pitched 3 2/3 innings giving up a hit and he had two strikeouts. Pedro Feliciano pitched 1/3 of an inning giving up a walk, Scott Atchison pitched an inning giving up a hit and Scott Rice pitched an inning striking out two. Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect inning picking up the win, Greg Burke pitched a perfect inning and Carlos Torres pitched an inning giving up a hit and picking up his first save of the spring.

Valdespin had a hit and an RBI, Justin Turner had a hit and drew a walk and Colin Cowgill drew a walk. Lucas Duda had a hit, Mike Baxter drew a walk and Hoffman had a hit and two RBI. Zach Lutz had a hit, Landon Powell had a hit and drew a walk and Travis d’Arnuad drew a walk. Hoffman hit a double, the Mets were 2-5 with runners in scoring position and left four men on base.

Jaime Garcia pitched five innings giving up four hits and two walks with a strikeout. John Gast pitched a perfect inning, Trevor Rosenthal pitched a perfect inning striking out the side and Edward Mujica took the loss pitching an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk. Eduardo Sanchez pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with two walks and a strikeout.

Kolten Wong had a hit, Oscar Taveras drew a walk and Shane Robinson had a hit. Rob Johnson had a hit which was a double and the Cardinals were 0-2 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. Johnson had a stolen base, Chambers had two outfield assists.

In the eighth Valdespin had an RBI single. In the ninth the Mets scored two runs to make it 3-0 and that was the final. Hoffman had a two run double.

The Mets are 5-6 in the spring and the Cardinals are now 8-6 in the spring. The Mets will play at the Detroit Tigers on Monday afternoon and the Cardinals will play at the New York Yankees on Monday afternoon.