PostGame, Mets 3 Cardinals 5

New York Mets(4-8)
St. Louis Cardinals(8-4)

WP: Adam Wainwright(3-0)
LP: Tobi Stoner(0-1)

Starters:

NYM-- John Maine
5.0 IP, 6 Hits, 3 Earned Runs, 4 Walks, 4 K, 115 pitches

STL-- Adam Wainwright
9.0 IP, 4 Hits, 2 Earned Runs, 2 Walks, 9 Strikeouts

Pitching:
John Maine took the hill tonight knowing that a bad start could turn into a demotion to Triple AAA, with prospect Dillon Gee waiting in the farm system. Maine was better tonight against St. Louis opposed to his start in Colorado as he was trying to use his fast ball more tonight, as his velocity has dropped big time since 2007. He still was not great though, giving up a three run homerun to Colby Rasmus in the 5th inning and his fastball topped out at around 91. Though Maine wasn't great, he put them in a decent position to win. Following Maine, was recently promoted pitcher Tobi Stoner who went 2.1 risky innings, which he ultimately was responsible for the lead runner during the Ludwick home run off of Igarashi which caused him to get the loss. Many people around the tean said Ryota Igarashi was not available to pitch tonight, though he pitched anyways.

Offense:
Once again tonight for the Mets, they were unable to score, none the less hit tonight as they only scattered 4 hits over 9 innings. They scored all 3 of their runs in the top half of the 2nd, when Angel Pagan hit a 2 run RBI single with the bases loaded, following the two runs scoring Pagan got caught between 1st & 2nd and Wainwright threw the ball away trying to nail Pagan at first which allowed Gary Matthews JR to score.

Offensive Box Score:

1. SS Jose Reyes, 0-4, 1 K
2. 2B Alex Cora, 0-3
3. 3B David Wright, 0-4, 2 K
4. 1B Frank Catalanotto, 1-3, 1 RUN, 1 Walk
5. RF Jeff Francoeur, 0-3, 1 RUN, 1 Walk
6. CF Gary Matthews JR, 1-3, 1 RUN, 2 K
7. C Rod Barajas, 0-3, 1 K
8. LF Angel Pagan, 2-3, 1 K, 2 RBI(4)
9. SP John Maine, 0-1, 1 K

During the PostGame, Jerry Manuel hinted that he will probably be making a roster move, because he does not believe they need 13 pitchers. Many are saying that a position player will be called up, meaning that Ike Davis could really be that player to be called up.

• The Mets have lost their first 4 series of the season

The Mets will head back east to Queens, as from Citi Field tomorrow night at 7:10PM they will welcome Lou Pinella and the Chicago Cubs, with youngster Randy Wells on the bump for the Cubbies, and Jon Niese will be making his third start of the season for the Mets.