Mets Lose Series to Cardinals 8-7 After Carrasco Struggles

Mets RHP Carlos Carrasco (Photo Credits to Wendell Cruz-USA Today Sports)

 The New York Mets lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 8-7 this afternoon at Citi Field to lose two out of three games in the series and dropped their record to 33-38.

RHP Carlos Carrasco had another rough outing allowing six runs (five earned) on five hits in three innings on 61 pitches.

He gave up three walks with four strikeouts.

Carrasco's ERA went up to 6.34.

RHP John Curtiss came in next and allowed one run on two hits in 2.2 innings on a solo homer by LF Jordan Walker.

RHP Dominic Leone followed and got the last out in the top of the sixth,

LHP Brooks Raley came in next and threw a scoreless top of the seventh.

RHP David Robertson threw a scoreless top of the eighth.

RHP Adam Ottavino came on in the top of the ninth and gave up a game-winning solo homer to 3B Nolan Arenado.

The Met offense got off to a fast start in the bottom of the first after SS Francisco Lindor hit a solo homer.

In the bottom of the second, 2B Jeff McNeil was hit by a pitch with two outs and then 3B Eduardo Escobar drove in McNeil with a RBI triple.

LF Mark Canha followed with a walk and then CF Brandon Nimmo drove in Escobar and Canha with a two-run double, but was thrown out at 3B trying to stretch it into a triple.

In the bottom of the fourth, McNeil was hit by a pitch with two outs once again and then Escobar followed with a walk.

Canha came up next and delivered with a RBI single to score McNeil.

In the bottom of the fifth, Lindor drew a one-out walk and two batters later DH Tommy Pham tied the game with a two-run homer.

The bats did not do much after that wasting scoring opportunities in the bottom of the sixth and ninth and went 3-6 overall with runners in scoring position leaving four runners on base.

The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Monday June 19 at the Houston Astros at 8:10 p.m.