Mets vs. Cardinals Game 1 Recap

New York Mets RHP Noah Syndergarrd

The New York Mets defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 9-4 today and improved their record on Opening Day to 37-20 overall. RHP Noah Syndergarrd had a great outing in his first start since April 30, 2017. Syndergarrd gave up four runs on six hits in six innings. He had 10 strikeouts and no walks. Thor is the first Mets pitcher since Pedro Martinez to have 10 strikeouts on Opening Day and has had seven career starts with 10 strikeouts and no walks, which is second all-time in Mets history behind Tom Seaver. RHP Robert Gsellman came in next and had a dominating seventh inning after he struck out the side. RHP Anthony Swarsak followed with a scoreless top of the eighth inning. RHP Jeurys Familia closed it out with a scoreless top of the ninth inning.

LF Yoenis Cespedes led the offense with three RBI's including a go-ahead two-run single in the bottom of the second inning. 1B Adrian Gonzalez had a nice debut after he went 2 for 3 with a RBI, runs scored and two walks. Catcher Kevin Plawecki had his first Opening Day start and had two hits, two walks, two runs, and an RBI. SS Amed Rosario had two hits with two RBI's. CF Brandon Nimmo went 2-3 with a walk, HBP and two runs scored in the lead-off spot.

The Mets next game is in Saturday, March 31st against the Cardinals at 1:10 P.M.