LATE WEDNESDAY: St. Louis 11, N.Y. Mets 4

St. Louis AB R H BI SO AVG

Edman 2b 4 2 2 0 1 .265

Goldschmidt 1b 5 3 3 2 0 .288

O’Neill lf 5 1 2 2 2 .281

Arenado 3b 4 1 2 2 0 .256

Molina c 5 0 1 0 0 .256

Carlson rf 4 1 1 1 1 .257

McFarland p 0 0 0 0 0 ---

d-Carpenter ph 1 0 0 0 0 .168

J.Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 ---

Sosa ss 4 2 2 1 0 .280

Bader cf 5 1 2 3 1 .250

Lester p 3 0 1 0 2 .186

A.Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 ---

Nootbaar rf 2 0 0 0 2 .209

TOTALS 42 11 16 11 9

NY Mets AB R H BI SO AVG

Villar 3b 5 0 1 0 1 .260

Lindor ss 5 0 1 0 2 .228

Baez 2b 5 0 1 0 0 .263

Alonso 1b 5 1 1 1 2 .259

Conforto rf 5 0 1 0 1 .227

Pillar cf 4 1 2 1 0 .222

McCann c 4 0 1 0 1 .236

McNeil lf 4 2 3 0 0 .250

Megill p 1 0 0 0 1 .200

Castro p 0 0 0 0 0 ---

a-Davis ph 1 0 1 0 0 .302

Hand p 0 0 0 0 0 ---

Lugo p 0 0 0 0 0 .000

b-Peraza ph 1 0 1 1 0 .211

Hembree p 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 .000

c-Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 .243

May p 0 0 0 0 0 ---

TOTALS 41 4 13 3 8

St. Louis 500 100 230 — 11 16 1

N.Y. Mets 011 001 100 — 4 13 1

a-singled for Castro in the 5th. b-singled for Lugo in the 7th. c-flied out for Reed in the 8th. d-grounded out for McFarland in the 9th. E: Sosa (9), Baez (23). LOB: St. Louis 7, New York 10. 2B: Goldschmidt (30), O’Neill (23), Lester (2), Edman (39), McNeil (18).

3B: McNeil (1).

HR: Bader (12), off Megill; Goldschmidt (26), off Lugo; Arenado (32), off Lugo; Sosa (6), off Hembree; Alonso (33), off Lester; Pillar (15), off Lester.

RBIs: O’Neill 2 (61), Carlson (52), Bader 3 (41), Goldschmidt 2 (86), Arenado 2 (99), Sosa (25), Alonso (87), Pillar (43), Peraza (20). Runners left in scoring position: St. Louis 4 (Lester, Arenado 2, Molina); New York 5 (Baez 2, Alonso, Smith, Conforto). RISP: St. Louis 6 for 12; New York 1 for 14. Runners moved up: Molina, Villar, Baez. GIDP: Molina. DP: New York 1 (Lindor, Baez, Alonso).

St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Lester, W, 6-6 6 6 3 2 0 7 4.67

A.Miller 0 3 1 1 0 0 5.06

McFarland, H, 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.82

J.Miller 1 2 0 0 0 1 7.31

NY METS IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Megill, L, 3-5 3 9 6 6 2 3 4.57

Castro 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.53

Hand 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.90

Lugo 1 2 2 2 0 2 3.43

Hembree 2/3 5 3 3 0 1 6.18

Reed 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 3.60

May 1 0 0 0 1 2 3.79

A.Miller pitched to 3 batters in the 7th

Pitches-Strikes: Lester 94-60; A Miller 6-4; McFarland 30-17; J Miller 16-11; Megill 74-47; Castro 20-12; Hand 10-7; Lugo 12-10; Hembree 24-17; Reed 5-4; May 23-12.

Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Lester 6-7; A Miller 1-1; McFarland 4-3; J Miller 1-1; Megill 6-4; Castro 2-2; Hand 2-0; Lugo 0-3; Hembree 4-2; Reed 1-0; May 1-0.

Inherited runners-scored: McFarland 2-0, Castro 2-0, Reed 2-0.

WP: Castro. Umpires: HP, Ed Hickox; 1B, Vic Carapazza; 2B, Jerry Meals; 3B, Junior Valentine. T: 3:34. A: 21,001 (41,922).