The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon. The game took place at
Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, Florida and the final score was 7-5. David Peterson started for the Mets
and he did not pitch very well. Michael Conforto had three hits and two RBI to lead the offense.
Peterson pitched four innings giving up five hits and three runs with two walks and a strikeout.
Aaron Loup earned his first win of the spring pitching an inning and giving up two hits and a run with
a strikeout, Arodys Vizcaino pitched an inning with a walk and a strikeout and Yennsy Diaz pitched
an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout.
Brandon Nimmo had a hit and drew a walk, Francisco Lindor had a hit, an RBI and drew a walk and
Conforto had three hits and two RBI. Pete Alonso had a hit and two RBI, Bruce Maxwell had a hit and
Dom Smith had a hit and an RBI. Luis Guillorme drew two walks, Patrick Mazeika had a hit and the
Mets were 5-10 with runners in scoring position and left five men on base. Nimmo had a stolen base
and Guillorme was caught stealing.
In the first Jose Rondon hit a two-run single to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead. In the bottom of the first
Conforto hit an RBI single cutting the lead to 2-1. Smith hit an RBI single to tie the game at two. In
the third Rondon hit a sac fly giving the Cardinals a 3-2 lead. In the fifth Matt Carpenter hit an RBI
double pushing the Cardinals lead to 4-2. In the bottom of the fifth Lindor drew an RBI walk to cut
the lead to 4-3 and Conforto hit an RBI single tying the game at four. Alonso hit a two-run single
making it a 6-4 game in favor of the Mets. J.D. Davis hit into a double play but a run scored pushing
their lead to 7-4. In the ninth Justin Toerner hit a sac fly cutting the lead to 7-5 and that would be the
final score.
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