The Cardinals scored six times in the first three innings, then tacked on seven more runs in the fourth to go up 13-0. Left fielder Chris Duncan, who was limited last year because of a neck injury, hit a three-run homer off Freddy Garcia in the first then tripled to score Albert Pujols in the third.Sheasmylove wrote: Che sberlone ieri sera...
Duncan went 4-for-4 with five RBIs and three runs before being replaced in the sixth inning.
"It was one of those days that you think about books to read," Mets manager Jerry Manuel said.
The Mets lost 15 players to the World Baseball Classic, including 11 from the 40-man roster, but Manuel didn't use that as an excuse Tuesday.
"That's a tough thing for us, but what we have to do, we have enough pitching here, we have to get that right," Manuel said.
Dopo la partita di ieri posso dire con certezza che Garcia, almeno per il primo periodo di stagione, dovrà scordarsi lo spot #5 della rotazione.
Nel recap della partita però, c'è una notizia ben più importante:
Forget Opening Day, Johan Santana's tender elbow might keep the Mets' ace from making his first start until the second series of the season.
Santana has yet to pitch in a spring training game for New York, which lost 15-4 to the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday, and pitching coach Dan Warthen indicated the left-hander's schedule would put him on track to start the Mets' fifth game.
The two-time Cy Young winner is tentatively set to make his spring debut March 18, Warthen said.
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