New York Mets lose to St. Louis Cardinals 4-5 as Collin McHugh leaks four runs - MLB Update
Starter Collin McHugh gives up four runs as the New York Mets are beaten 4-5 by the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri on September 3, 2012 in the first match of the three game series.
While New York fought back impressively late in the innings, they will regret as to why they did not post runs at the start as this definitely could have ensured them a win.
New York remained scoreless for the first six innings where the Cardinals had already posted four runs.
Therefore the upsurge coming off from Mets in the form of two runs in the seventh and the eighth each was surprising for the fans because the way their batters floundered at the plate all through the match it was unexpected.
However despite putting up resistance they fell short of one run to clinch the win.
Meanwhile, Mets’ starter McHugh was unimpressive in terms of leaking hits and issuing runs on Monday.
His control was appreciable as is indicated by the fact that he did not walk any of the batters but he still has a lot of issues to resolve with regard to tricking batters into committing mistakes.
Offensively the Mets relied on homers to score runs. Their second baseman Daniel Murphy and catcher Kelly Shoppach struck a home-run on Monday. Apart from these two players none of their batters sent any base-runner aboard.
Their all-star third baseman David Wright was hitless in the match as his batting average declined to .311.
McHugh while talking about his outing on the mound has confessed that initial few runs that he gave up never let the momentum turn to their side in the match. Therefore, despite the fact players tried their best they were defeated.
"These guys fought and scratched all game and I put us in a pretty deep hole early on," McHugh said.
Centre fielder Andres Torres was ruled out by umpire at a time when he was about to take the Mets past the Cardinals.
"I just touched the base with my heel," Torres said. "I never thought he was going to call me out, to be honest. What can I say? Nobody's perfect."
New York will be trying to win the upcoming games and clinch the series victory.
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