New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals

The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night.  The game took place at Citi Field in Flushing, New York and the final score was 3-2.  Seth Lugo started for the Mets and pitched well.  Michael Conforto had two hits and drew two walks. 

Lugo pitched 6 2/3 innings giving up four hits and a run with a walk and five strikeouts.  Erik Goeddel pitched 1 1/3 innings giving up two hits and a run and Addison Reed pitched a perfect inning and won his first game of the season. 

Lance Lynn pitched six innings giving up three hits and a run with a walk and five strikeouts.  Matt Bowman pitched a perfect inning with two strikeouts, Brett Cecil pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run and Trevor Rosenthal pitched 2/3 of an inning giving up two hits and a run with a walk and lost his fourth game of the season. 

Conforto had two hits and drew two walks, Lucas Duda had a hit and an RBI and T.J. Rivera had a hit.  Jose Reyes had a hit and an RBI and Wilmer Flores had a hit and an RBI.  Conforto hit a double, Duda and Flores each hit a homerun.  The Mets were 1-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. 

Matt Carpenter drew a walk, Tommy Pham had two hits and two RBI and Dexter Fowler had a hit.  Greg Garcia had two hits, Eric Fryer had a hit and Garcia and Pham each hit a double.  Pham hit a homerun and the Cardinals were 0-4 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Fowler was caught stealing. 

In the second Duda hit a solo homerun giving the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the sixth Pham hit an RBI double to tie the game at one.  In the eighth Pham hit a solo homerun to give the Cardinals a 2-1 lead.  In the bottom of the eighth Flores hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two.  In the ninth Reyes hit an RBI single to give the Mets a Pham hit an RBI double to tie the game at one.  In the eighth Pham hit a solo homerun to give the Cardinals a 2-1 lead.  In the bottom of the eighth Flores hit a solo homerun to tie the game at two.  In the ninth Reyes hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 3-2 walk-off win.