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Mets topped the Cardinals 6-1 in Tuesday’s Grapefruit League game to earn their fourth straight spring victory. The Mets improved their Grapefruit League record to 9-5 (along with one tie).
- David Peterson picked up where he left off in his spring debut on March 4. He followed up his three shutout innings against Israel by tossing four innings of one-run ball against the Cardinals. He allowed two hits, struck out three, and did not walk a batter. The lone run he surrendered came on a two-out home run to Nelson Velázquez in the first inning. He threw 35 of his 52 pitches (67%) for strikes.
- The Mets overcame the early 1-0 deficit with relative ease. They tied things up in the bottom of the first with a Brett Baty two-out single, which plated Jorge Polanco with New York’s first run. Polanco had reached first on a single and advanced to second on a Bo Bichette ground out.
- The Mets jumped all over Jared Shuster for three runs in the third inning. Polanco hit his first home run in a Mets uniform. Three batters later, following a Bichette single and a Baty ground out, Francisco Alvarez pummeled a baseball 439 ft to give the Mets a 4-1 lead.
- Baty, who played right field in this game, drove home another run in the fifth on a single. In total, he had two hits in three at-bats, drove in two runs, and scored a run.
- Ji Hwan Bae tripled home a run in the sixth to extend New York’s lead to five.
- Brooks Raley pitched a perfect fifth inning.
- Christian Scott hurled three shutout innings in relief for the Mets. He struck out four but also walked four batters. He allowed just one hit over the three frames.
- Bryan Hudson hurled a scoreless ninth inning to close the win out for New York.
- The Mets recorded 14 total hits on the afternoon, including two hits apiece from Baty, Polanco, Alvarez, and Bae.
