The St. Louis Cardinals had a silent night with the bats with the exception of Nolan Gorman who hit a moonshot home run as the New York Mets beat the Birds 4-2 Monday night at Busch Stadium.
The New York Mets jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead when Francisco Lindor tripled and then scored on a ground out by Bo Bichette. The St. Louis Cardinals answered quickly when JJ Wetherholt walked and then was moved over by Ivan Herrera. Alec Burleson continued his hot start to the season with a RBI single to draw
the Cardinals even at 1-1.
Kyle Leahy was sharp for the first 4 innings, but the Mets broke through in the 5th and 6th innings adding 3 more runs to increase their lead to 4-1. In the bottom of the 6th inning, Nolan Gorman reached for the stars with a near vertical shot into the right field bullpen.
I would love to say that the St. Louis Cardinals showed their fighting spirit and rallied back to at least make a threat late in the game, but that was not the case. The stat line ended with a mere 2 runs on 5 hits as the Cardinals fell to .500 at an even 2-2 for the season.
We’ll try again Tuesday night as Andre Pallante is scheduled to make the start for St. Louis as the Cardinals will battle the Mets again with a 6:45p start time at Busch Stadium.
