ST. LOUIS – Concerns at least manager Luis Rojas are beginning to ease through this stretch of inconsistent drama.
Jacob DeGrom, Marcus Strowman, Taijuan Walker and David Peterson have all met or exceeded, and the number of days off allowed the Mets to pass through the fifth starter.
On Monday night Rosas needed the No. 5 starter (deemed best to give DeGrom extra rest), handed the ball to Joey Luchesi and with the left-handed batsman losing 6-5 to the Cardinals of Stache Stadium Defeated 6-5. His two-game winning streak.
Lucichesi leaped in the third inning, when he allowed five straight two-hit hits. The biggest was Nolan Arenado’s three-run homer when the Cardinals sluggers struck, but new life was found when plate umpire Mark Carlson ruled the swing foul.
The Mets had a third straight solid offensive performance, but their failure to add them was ruined after their initial success against Adam Wainwright. Francisco Lindor, who extended his hitless drought from 0 to 21, was part of the problem. He batted in the sixth order, scoring runs, moving to the base and retiring for the final out.
Lindor and Pete Alonso finished ninth and Dominic Smith was retained by Alex Reyes for the final round.
Rodges cited the need for length to get started on bullpen options such as Robert Geselman and Sean Reid-Foley. Lefty Luchesi had not pitched in Chicago since April 22 after spending more than a week at the Mets’ alternate site camp before joining Taxi Squad over the weekend.
In each of the three innings he played, Lusche was scored. Tommy Edman’s triple led the game for the Cardinals, their first run of the game on Dylan Carlson’s sacrifice fly.
Harrison’s second homer from Bader put it 2–2 in the second, before Lusichesi scored in the third. Arnedo exploded in Carlson and Paul Goldsmidt, who sang the song. After Homer, Paul Dzong and Tyler O’Neill doubled in succession to put the Mets in a 6-5 hole against Lucchese.
Luksey’s final line consisted of six hit runs, allowing two hits and / with an innings with one walk and one strike. The Mets will need a fifth starter again on Saturday when they face the Diamondbacks and will again have to decide between Luciches, Gusselman and Reid-Foley, two of whom will pitch 4 ¹ / ings innings of scoring relief. Is combined. Carlos Carrasco is scheduled to throw six innings in a mock game on Tuesday, after which the Mets officials will decide whether to mold the right hand into a rotation or pitch in a minor league game. Carrasco had been sidelined since spring training, when he tore his right hamstring.
Kevin Pilar, who started in center field for the second straight night with a finger injury to Brandon Nimmo, struck out a two-run homer against Wainwright in the third that extended the Mets’ lead to 5-2. The rally started with a walk by Michael Conferro before Alonso doubled it. Smith’s RBI ground scored the first run of the innings.
Alonso and Pilar added an inning to lead the first two-run charge. Alonso later drove the innings and Pilar singled – finishing second on the throw home – with Jonathan Willer intentionally driving to load the bases. Wainwright forced Tomas Nido for a run and Jeff McNeill took a walk twice to bring each other home.
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