Grapefruit Juice: Cardinals 6, Mets 1

The Mets faced the Cardinals in a quick spring training game this afternoon, dropping the game to the Cardinals 6-1.

Tylor Megill started, going two and two thirds innings. He gave up a triple to Brendan Donovan in the second inning, and Donovan came in to score two batters later, putting the Mets in a 1-0 hole.

The Cardinals tacked on extra runs via a Nolan Arenado double in the sixth off of Austin Warren and a Matt Koperniak home run in the seventh off of Kevin Herget.

Brett Baty led off the eighth with a single, and was pulled for pinch runner Yonny Hernandez. Hernandez advanced to third on two ground outs before scoring on a fielding error with Alex Reamirez at the plate to give the Mets…