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The defeat proved especially costly for the
Cardinals, who lost catcher Willson Contreras to a left forearm
fracture in the second inning. J.D. Martinez hit him while
swinging his bat on a catcher's-interference incident.
Mets starting pitcher Jose Butto (1-2) allowed three runs on
five hits and three walks in five innings. He struck out three.
Adam Ottavino gave up a run in the ninth inning but still earned
his first save.
Alec Burleson went 3-for-5 with a homer and two RBIs for the
Cardinals, who lost for the sixth time in seven games. Brendan
Donovan and Lars Nootbaar also went deep for St. Louis.
Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas (2-5) yielded six runs
on nine hits in four-plus innings. He fanned three without
issuing a walk.
The Cardinals jumped out to a 3-0 first-inning lead. Donovan led
off with his fourth homer of the year before Nootbaar walked and
Contreras smacked a double. Nolan Arenado hit a sacrifice fly
and Burleson capped the outburst with an RBI single.
New York turned the game in the fifth inning with six-run
outburst. Infield singles by Jeff McNeil and Tomas Nido set up
the three-run homer from Nimmo, his fifth round-tripper of the
season.
Starling Marte doubled, Francisco Lindor singled, and Alonso
knocked Mikolas out of the game with his two-run double. Facing
Kyle Leahy, Martinez pushed an RBI single through the pulled-in
infield to make it 6-3.
Burleson's sixth-inning homer, his third, cut St. Louis' deficit
to two.
Alonso's ninth-inning homer, his ninth, made it 7-4. Nootbaar's
blast cut the margin to 7-5 in the bottom of the inning. The
Cardinals then got two on base before Ottavino struck out Paul
Goldschmidt and Burleson to end the game.
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