Recap: Spring Training Game 24 - Cards at Mets - Mets Lose 3-2

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis (12-11)«	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	0
N.Y. Mets (9-11)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0

W: M. Cleto (1-0) L: B. Lyon (0-1) S: J. Motte (1) HR: STL - D. Freese (2)   NYM - None

Recap:
Allen Craig's RBI single in the eighth inning proved to be the difference in St. Louis' 3-2 victory over the New York Mets on Thursday.

David Freese had a solo home run and Adam Wainwright contributed a run scoring single in addition to his 4 2/3 innings of work in the start for the Cardinals. He struck out three and gave up two runs on three hits.

New York starter Jeremy Hefner struck out four and surrendered two runs on five hits over five frames. Matt den Dekker's two-run scoring triple in the fourth inning accounted for the Mets' only runs.

Box Score:

St. Louis	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	W	K	AVG
Jon Jay CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.196
Matt Carpenter 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.396
Maikel Cleto P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Fernando Salas P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Jason Motte P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Matt Holliday LF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.182
Adron Chambers PR-LF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Allen Craig RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.316
Matt Adams 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.271
David Freese 3B	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.259
Ty Wigginton 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100
Peter Kozma SS	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.340
Tony Cruz C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235
Rob Johnson C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
Adam Wainwright P	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500
Randy Choate P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Seth Maness P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Shane Robinson PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455
Kolten Wong 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269
Totals	31	3	7	1	0	1	3	6	5
NY Mets	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	W	K	AVG
Marlon Byrd RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308
Brian Bixler 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.300
Ruben Tejada SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.118
Collin Cowgill CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311
Ike Davis 1B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.342
Brandon Hicks 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.135
Zach Lutz 3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.311
Lucas Duda LF	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.256
Jamie Hoffmann LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200
John Buck C	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.320
Travis d`Arnaud C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333
Matt den Dekker CF	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	.220
Brandon Lyon P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Bobby Parnell P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Omar Quintanilla 2B-SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.212
Jeremy Hefner P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
LaTroy Hawkins P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Justin Turner PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310
Scott Rice P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Mike Baxter RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.152
Totals	35	2	8	1	1	0	2	6	9

LOB_St. Louis 7, NY Mets 13. 2B_M.Holliday, L.Duda. 3B_M.den Dekker. HR_D.Freese (2) off J.Hefner. CS_P.Kozma. GIDP_M.Holliday, T.Wigginton. DP_NY Mets 2 (R.Tejada, O.Quintanilla and I.Davis), (O.Quintanilla, R.Tejada and B.Hicks).

St. Louis	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Adam Wainwright	4.2	3	2	2	3	3	3.00
Randy Choate	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	3.38
Seth Maness	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	3.86
Maikel Cleto (W 1-0)	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	1.59
Fernando Salas	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	1.13
Jason Motte (S 1)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	5.00
NY Mets	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Jeremy Hefner	5.0	5	2	2	3	4	3.10
LaTroy Hawkins	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0.00
Scott Rice	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	4.15
Brandon Lyon (L 0-1)	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	2.70
Bobby Parnell	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79

HBP_by R.Choate (L.Duda).
T_2:50. A_5785.
Umpires_Home,Mike Estabrook; First, Jerry Meals; Second, Ed Hickox; Third, Chris Conroy.