Flore-leaf clover! Wilmer's 6 RBIs lead Mets' rout
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Wilmer Flores' grand slam highlighted a 10-run assault on Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright, who could not escape the second inning Friday in a 16-2 Mets win over St. Louis.Flores' blast landed well over the left-field fence, carrying toward a practice diamond several dozen yards beyond
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. --
Flores' blast landed well over the left-field fence, carrying toward a practice diamond several dozen yards beyond First Data Field. It came after Wainwright walked four batters in the second inning, also allowing an
The first inning was not much kinder to Wainwright, who gave up RBIs to
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"I won't discard this at all," Wainwright said of his shortest spring outing. "I'll use it. I'll watch that game pretty intensely the next couple days before my side [session], and then I'll get on the mound and get some good work. I'm not discouraged, though, because where I've been throwing the ball and the way I've been throwing the ball, it's not very much different. I just have to make some minor adjustments."
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Mets starter
"It felt really good," Matz said of his pickoff move. "I think it's just repetition. The more you feel comfortable with it then the more confident you are."
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Cardinals Up Next: The Cardinals and Mets will meet again on Saturday, this time at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. Right-hander
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