Garcia's return a plus for Cards

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jaime Garcia (54) delivers in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets in New York, Thursday, May 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) NEW YORK • As a manager who sees the final result as the verdict on whether a game went well or sour, Mike Matheny could still peer past the Cardinals’ brightly lit zeroes on the scoreboard Thursday to see the numbers on the mound that meant more.

Not even a loss obscured what lefty Jaime Garcia could possibly add.

In his first major-league appearance in 11 months, Garcia pitched seven superb innings on 102 pitches and was done before the Cardinals faltered in a 5-0 loss to the New York Mets at Citi…