Mets vs. Cardinals Lineups 1:05 pm ET
Mets:
1. Dilson Herrera (R) 2B
2. Ruben Tejada (R) 3B
3. Michael Conforto (L) LF
4. Kevin Plawecki (R) C
5. Marc Krauss (L) 1B
6. Matt Reynolds (R) SS
7. Danny Muno (S) DH
8. Travis Taijeron (R) RF
9. Ty Kelly (S) CF
SP: Steven Matz LHP
Cardinals:
1. Tommy Pham (R) CF
2. Stephen Piscotty (R) RF
3. Matt Holliday (R) DH
4. Brandon Moss (L) 1B
5. Jedd Gyorko (R) SS
6. Kolten Wong (L) 2B
7. Carlos Peguero (L) LF
8. Brayan Pena (S) C
9. Patrick Wisdom (R) 3B
SP: Adam Wainwright RHP
Today’s game can be seen on MLB.tv or heard on WOR 710 AM.
Game Notes:
Today’s available Pitchers for both squads:
METS: LHP Steven Matz, RHP Hansel Robles, RHP Logan Verrett, RHP Paul Sewald
CARDINALS: RHP Adam Wainwright, RHP Juan Gonzalez, RHP Jeremy Hefner, LHP Tyler Lyons, RHP Seth Maness, RHP Sam Tuivailala, RHP Jordan Walden
VS. THE CARDINALS: The Mets will visit Jupiter for the first of two trips this afternoon…The Cardinals will make three trips to Port St. Lucie during Grapefruit League play (March 10, March 12 and March 25).
SPLIT SQUAD: Today is the first split squad of the Spring for the Mets… They’ll also play a split squad on March 24 vs. Houston and at Boston
LHP STEVEN MATZ: Will make his Grapefruit League debut on the road in Jupiter vs. the Cardinals…Was 4-0 with a 2.27 ERA (nine earned runs/35.2 innings) in six starts in the major leagues in 2015…During the postseason, Matz was 0-1 with a 3.68 ERA (six earned runs/14.2 innings) in three postseason starts (one each in the NLDS, NLCS and World Series).
METS PITCHING: Did not allow a run for 13.0 consecutive innings from the second inning of Saturday’s game with Houston through the fifth inning of Sunday’s game with the Braves.