Veteran righty Bartolo Colon will take the mound this afternoon as the Mets travel to Roger Dean Stadium to face the St. Louis Cardinals at 1:05 p.m. ET on Monday. He will oppose right-hander Carlos Martinez for the Cards.
Asdrubal Cabrera will play in his first Grapefruit League game since March 10 this afternoon. He was out with a strained the patellar tendon in his left knee.
The Mets have had five tie games, including their last three games, this spring. It’s the most such games in franchise history for a single Spring Training.
David Wright hit his first home run of the spring yesterday vs. Washington. He finished 2-4 with two RBI and is hitting .294 (5-17) with three RBI in six spring games.
Here are today’s lineups:
New York Mets
- Curtis Granderson, RF
- Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
- Yoenis Cespedes, CF
- Lucas Duda, 1B
- Neil Walker, 2B
- Alejandro De Aza, LF
- Travis d’Arnaud, C
- Wilmer Flores, 3B
- Bartolo Colon, RHP
St. Louis Cardinals
- Matt Carpenter, 3B
- Stephen Piscotty, RF
- Matt Holliday, LF
- Matt Adams, 1B
- Randal Grichuk, CF
- Yadier Molina, C
- Kolten Wong, 2B
- Ruben Tejada, SS
- Carlos Martinez, RHP
