St. Louis 6, NY Mets 5
When: 8:15 PM ET, Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
72°
Umpires:
Home -
Tim Welke, 1B -
Jim Reynolds, 2B -
Alan Porter, 3B -
Andy Fletcher
Attendance:
40658
By SportsDirect Inc.
David Freese had a season-high five RBIs, three of them on a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied for a 6-5 win over the New York Mets on Wednesday at Busch Stadium to gain a game in the National League wild-card race.
The Cardinals pulled within 1 1/2 games of the Atlanta Braves, 4-0 losers at Florida on Wednesday. St. Louis has won 12 of 14.
Freese started the scoring with a two-run triple in the first and he added an even bigger hit with two outs in the seventh, taking Pedro Beato the other way for a three-run blast to right.
Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia (13-7) allowed four runs – all unearned – over 7 2/3 innings to improve to 3-0 in four September starts.
New York leadoff man Jose Reyes went 1-for-4 to keep his average at .330 and pull even with Milwaukee's Ryan Braun for the NL lead. Braun went 0-for-4 Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs.
Albert Pujols went 2-for-4 for St. Louis. He has reached base in 37 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the majors.
New York's Willie Harris hit a two-out, solo home run off Jason Motte in the ninth before Motte struck out Josh Thole for his eighth save, all of which have come in September.
The Mets (73-82) are assured of their third consecutive losing season. They have lost nine of 11 to drop a season-worst nine games below .500.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| NY Mets |
|
St. Louis |
|
Willie Harris | Player |
Yadier Molina
|
|
3 |
Hits |
2 |
|
1 |
RBI |
0 |
|
1 |
HR |
0 |
|
6 |
TB |
2 |
|
.750 |
Avg |
.667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| NY Mets
|
7 |
1 |
12 |
.212 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| St. Louis
|
9 |
1 |
16 |
.273 |
12 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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