N.Y. Mets 0, at St. Louis 3

ST. LOUIS (Interstat) — In a crisp pitchers’ duel that defied pregame projections, the St. Louis Cardinals relied on a dominant start from Andre Pallante and timely hitting to blank the New York Mets 3-0 on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium. A crowd of 22,823 watched as the Cardinals evened the early-season series and their record at 3-2, matching the Mets’ mark. The game, completed in a brisk 2 hours and 21 minutes, stood in stark contrast to the offensive outburst predicted by statistical models, which had forecast a high-scoring affair favoring New York. The most important sequence of the… Read more...