MLB Scores: Cardinals 4, Mets 3

The Mets mounted a late rally but fell short, dropping their game to the Cardinals by a 4-3 score on Friday afternoon at Clover Park. The Mets were blanked through seven, managing just two hits, before scoring three in the eighth. However, it wasn’t enough to overcome an early four-run deficit.

Tobias Myers got the nod and pitched two innings of one-run ball. He allowed a solo home run to Ramón Urías in the first inning but did not allow any other hits. He struck out two and walked one.
Luke Weaver pitched a scoreless third inning, working around a two-out single while striking out one to keep his spring ERA at 0.00.
Speaking of spotless ERAs, Brooks Raley pitched a scoreless fourth to keep his ERA at zero on the spring. He navigated two hits while striking out one.
Earlier today, the Mets optioned Austin Warren to the minors which, as Anthony DiComo pointed out, “further strengthening left-hander Bryan Hudson’s position for that final bullpen spot”. Hudson did himself no favors today, allowing three earned runs on one hit and two walks in the fifth inning. The big blow was a Iván Herrera two-run home run, which led to Carlos Mendoza removing Hudson from the game (he would then go back to Hudson to start the inning, removing him after he recorded the first out of that inning).
On offense, the Mets managed just two hits in the first seven innings—a Vidal Bruján fifth-inning single and a Carson Benge sixth-inning single. The Mets finally broke through in the eighth against Gerson Moreno. Cristian Pache walked to lead off, followed by an Antonio Jimenez walk. Tyrone Taylor was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out, and Ben Rortvedt drove home the team’s first run on a sac fly. After a Corey Collins walk, St. Louis substituted Austin Love into the game to pitch, and he allowed a two-run double to D’Andre Smith. That would be New York’s final hit of the game.
Benge continued his strong spring with a hit and a walk as he started in right field for the Mets. His average now stands at .412 and his OPS at .987 for the spring. Joel Sherman, for what it’s worth, says that Benge has made the club, but the Mets have not officially announced it yet.
Mark Vientos took another 0-fer as he went hitless in three at-bats while serving as the DH.