Major League Baseball
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NY Mets 2, St. Louis 0
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, April 21, 2014
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
Temperature: 54°
Umpires: Home - Rob Drake, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Marty Foster, 3B - Alan Porter
Attendance: 20382

Mets 2, Cardinals 0: Jenrry Mejia continued his promising start with 6 2/3 scoreless innings to lead host New York to a win in the opener of a four-game set.

Mejia (3-0) let up four hits - all singles - and struck out seven while walking three to extend his scoreless streak to 13 2/3 innings and lower his ERA through four starts to 1.99. David Wright and Travis d'Arnaud had RBI singles for the Mets, while Kyle Farnsworth capped the six-hit shutout with a scoreless ninth for his first save.

Tyler Lyons, who was recalled from Triple-A Memphis on Monday, allowed two runs and six hits in six innings in his 2014 debut for St. Louis. Matt Carpenter, Allen Craig and Yadier Molina each went 2-for-4 but the rest of the lineup was 0-for-19 with seven strikeouts as the Cardinals fell to 4-4 on their 11-game road trip.

Eric Young Jr. singled with two outs in the bottom of the third and Curtis Granderson was hit by a pitch from Lyons (0-1) before Wright knocked a broken-bat base hit to left to plate the game's first run. Daniel Murphy scored on d'Arnaud's single with one out in the sixth and Scott Rice got the last out of the seventh after Mejia walked the final two men he faced.

Carlos Torres gave up a one-out double to Craig in the eighth before striking out Matt Holliday and Matt Adams to escape. Farnsworth allowed a leadoff hit to Molina in the ninth but got Jhonny Peralta to ground into a 5-4-3 double play and Jon Jay to ground to second.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Lyons took the rotation spot of RH Joe Kelly, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list last week with a hamstring strain. RH Jorge Rondon was optioned to Triple-A Memphis after Sunday's game. ... The Mets called up 40-year-old OF Bobby Abreu from Triple-A Las Vegas, where he was 15-for-39 with a home run and nine RBIs in 15 games. ... Wright is hitting .370 during a 12-game hitting streak.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
St. Louis   NY Mets
Tyler Lyons Player Jenrry Mejia
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.2
7 Strikeouts 7
6 Hits 4
3.00 ERA 0.00
Hitting
St. Louis   NY Mets
Matt Carpenter Player Travis d'Arnaud
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
2 TB 3
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
St. Louis 6 0 7 .194 13 10 0 3 0 1
NY Mets 7 0 8 .233 13 8 2 4 1 0