ST. LOUIS (AP) _ Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright lost his glove trying to tag
out Yoenis Cespedes and lost the game, too, when Alejandro De Aza homered and
drove in five runs to send the New York Mets over St. Louis 10-6 Thursday night.
Seth Lugo (1-2) pitched five scoreless innings for his first big league win.
The Mets took two of three to win their first series at Busch Stadium since
2008.
Brandon Moss hit two home runs for the Cardinals and Jedd Gyorko and Stephen
Piscotty also connected.
The Mets led 3-0 in the fifth when Wainwright (9-8) and Cespedes were involved
in a bizarre play.
Cespedes tried to go from first to third on a bloop single by James Loney. When
several Cardinals chased the ball, Wainwright covered third base. Cespedes slid
and his cleat pinned Wainwright’s glove to the bag _ he would’ve been out, but
when Wainwright pulled away his hand, the mitt stayed stuck under Cespedes’
foot.
Because Wainwright didn’t control the ball, Cespedes was called safe in a
ruling upheld by replay. Moments later, De Aza hit a three-run homer to make it
7-0.
St. Louis begins a weekend series at home Friday night against Oakland. Rookie
Luke Weaver (0-1) starts for the Cardinals while Ross Detwiler (1-2) goes for the
A’s. Game time is 7:15 with the pre-game at 6:20 on KTLO-AM.
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