Spring Training Game Thread: Mets vs Cardinals, 1:10 PM

New York Mets (5-7-1) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (5-7-1)
Thursday, March 5, 2020 • 1:10 p.m.
Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium • Jupiter, FL
RHP Rick Porcello (0-0, 3.00) vs. RHP Adam Wainwright (0-0, 3.86)

The Mets are coming off another win as they look to make it two in a row today against the Cardinals!

Recap of Yesterday

The Mets collected 8 hits yesterday and the pitching shut down the Cardinals as they won by a score of 4-1. McNeil was star of the show again for the offense, he was the only hitter who had two hits and one of two players with a double (Conforto was the other).

The real story out of yesterday’s game was Marcus Stroman who pitched 3 innings of 1 hit, 1 walk ball while striking out 4. He looked sharp. Erasmo Ramirez, in Mets camp as deep starting depth had a solid two inning no run performance and has lowered his Spring ERA to 1.50. Daniel Zamora who is battling for a bullpen spot had another strong outing of shutout baseball, keeping his his ERA at 0.

On the Mound Today

My attention today is on the pitchers. First, Rick Porcello starts and is probably slated for around 3 innings of work. He is still competing with Matz and Wacha. In his first 2 games he has pitched 3.0 innings allowing an earned run off 4 hits while striking out 3.

Edwin Diaz is also listed as available today. After a poor spring debut where he allowed 2 runs off 3 hits in an inning, he was much more settled down in his last outing where he worked around a double and allowed no one to score.

Rounding out the Mets available pitchers today are Wilson, Peterson, Blackham and Bashlor. Wilson has been off to a great start to Spring, allowing no runs in his first two outings. Bashlor hasn’t allowed any runs in 3 outings, scattering 3 hits as he competes for the last bullpen spot. Blackham has pushed himself into the conversation for last bullpen spot, allowing only 1 hit and 2 walk in 3 games so far. Finally, David Peterson is one of the Mets top starting pitching prospects and we are just excited to see what he can do again today.