New York Mets are blown out by the St. Louis Cardinals

The New York Mets were defeated by the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.  The game took place at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri and the final score was 9-1.  Steven Matz started for the Mets and he didn’t pitch very well and Corey Oswalt pitched pretty well out of the bullpen.  The Mets offense produced seven hits but no player had more than one hit. 

Matz lost his second game of the season and he pitched 3 1/3 innings giving up five hits and seven runs with three of them being earned.  He walked two and struck out three and Oswalt pitched 4 2/3 innings giving up two hits and two runs with four strikeouts. 

Michael Wacha pitched six innings giving up five hits and a run with a walk and eight strikeouts and he won his fourth game of the season.  John Brebbia pitched three innings giving up two hits and no runs with four strikeouts and got his first save of the season. 

Michael Conforto had a hit, Yoenis Cespedes had a hit and Jay Bruce had a hit and an RBI.  Todd Frazier had a hit and drew a walk, Jose Lobaton had a hit and Matz had a hit.  Amed Rosario had a hit, the Mets were 1-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.  Matz, Lobaton and Frazier each committed an error. 

Harrison Bader drew a walk, Dexter Fowler had two RBI and drew a walk and Jose Martinez had a hit and an RBI.  Marcell Ozuna had a hit and two RBI, Paul DeJong had two hits and Jedd Gyorko had a hit and two RBI.  Kolten Wong had two hits, Wacha had an RBI and DeJong hit a double and Gyorko hit a homerun.  The Cardinals were 3-8 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base.  Molina committed an error. 

In the third Bruce hit an RBI single to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.  In the third Fowler hit a sac fly to tie the game at one.  Ozuna hit a two-run single to give the Cardinals a 3-1 lead.  In the fourth Wacha hit a sac bunt and a run scored to push the lead to 4-1.  Fowler drew an RBI walk and Martinez grounded into a force out to make it 6-1.  Ozuna reached on a fielding error and the score was 7-1.  In the fifth Gyorko hit a two-run homerun to push the lead to 9-1 and that would be the final score.