Mets 13, Cardinals 3: St. Louis Pitchers Travel to Port St. Lucie to Throw Batting Practice

by Chris McShane on Mar 13, 2011 4:34 PM EDT

The bats have been all-or-none for the Mets the past few days, and today was one of the "all" variety. The scoring got started in the 3rd inning with a Luis Hernandez triple that brought in 2 runs. Luis Castillo singled him in shortly after. Later in the inning with Angel Pagan on base, David Wright hit one to center field, and Shane Robinson made an error. Pagan scored, but the Cardinals were able to get the ball to the plate in time to throw out Wright.

From then on, the Mets scored at least one run in every inning they played. In the 4th, Scott Hairston hit a solo home run. With Jose Reyes and Luis Castillo on base in the 5th, Angel Pagan homered. Justin Turner singled in Chin-lung Hu in the 6th, and in the 7th, Scott Hairston hit another home run. The 8th inning featured another Mets run courtesy of a fielding miscue by the Cardinals and a ground-rule double by Willie Harris that brought in the final 2 runs of the game.

As for the Mets' pitchers, Pat Misch started the game and gave up 3 runs in 3.2 innings with 1 walk and 1 strikeout. Oliver Perez was summoned with 2 outs in the 4th inning to face left-handed hitting Daniel Descalso and got him to pop up to Luis Castillo. Blaine Boyer threw 2 scoreless innings with 3 strikeouts, Tim Bydark threw a scoreless inning, and Taylor Buccholz matched Boyer, throwing 2 scoreless with 3 K's.

Neither Daniel Murphy nor Brad Emaus played in this game, but Castillo and Turner each had successful days at the plate. Since Luis Hernandez's name has been mentioned as a long-shot possibility for the job, it's worth mentioning he had a good day, but he hasn't played an inning at the position yet this spring.

Player	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG	INN	E
Castillo	22	0.318	0.400	0.318	34	1
Emaus	20	0.200	0.304	0.200	33	1
Murphy	33	0.303	0.324	0.455	37	2
Turner	23	0.200	0.231	0.240	18	0

Next up for the Mets is a home game on Tuesday night against the Nationals, which will not be broadcast locally.

Game Thread Roll Call

Quite the active game thread today. Here's the top 5.

Num	Name	# of Posts
1	the caveman	86
2	aparkermarshall	79
3	fxcarden	61
4	BobbyV_Incognito	52
5	mistermet	25

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If we could do this to them....

…well then…they are in serious trouble.

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by carolinamet on Mar 13, 2011 4:37 PM EDT reply actions

They were travelling

So presumably their roster was light.

by SuperT on Mar 13, 2011 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Is Scott Hairston leading the league in home runs?

What is this now? Four? Five?

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 13, 2011 4:42 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

two

What Would Matt Szczur Do?

Fact on Villanova Sports

by Hoyadestroya85 on Mar 13, 2011 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions

That's funny, I assumed it was more too. It just seems like he's hitting everything hard though.

by FrancoTAU on Mar 13, 2011 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions

He had those two homers in the intrasquad game

but they don’t count towards spring stats…that could be it.

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by Steve Schreiber on Mar 13, 2011 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah, okay

See, I didn’t know that.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Mar 13, 2011 6:07 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

He is hitting everything hard

Including in MLB 11: The Show…The game was tied in the bottom of the ninth…needed a pinch hitter for Parnell. I brough in hairston…sends a first pitch curve over the wall for the win.

Enjoying what may be the final season of two of my favorite Mets in Blue and Orange: Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran

by EMSfan9 on Mar 14, 2011 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions

fuck looks like slappy is playing his way on the roster

by TheKid08 on Mar 13, 2011 9:48 PM EDT reply actions

I am desperately clinging to the hope that this front office knows better than to believe in spring training SSS stats.

I mean, didn’t our new front office people freaking invent the concept of not believing a recent small sample size noise when a great deal of previous evidence exists to counter it?! I am just as worried about Murph’s/Emaus’ defensive ability as the next fan, but I think I speak for a lot of Mets fans when I say that I am burnt out on seeing Luis Castillo play at the even-past-the-twilight of his career. At this point, it’s just sad.

by BurleighGrimes on Mar 14, 2011 1:59 AM EDT up reply actions