PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla—Sunday’s Cardinals’ exhibition against the New York Mets’ high-powered tandem of Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer didn’t go any better than one might expect.
Harrison Bader had two hits and a run batted again off deGrom and Dylan Carlson doubled off deGrom. Alec Burleson singled off each and there was a late, long homer by Anderson Tejeda homer, but the Cardinals’ youth-laden lineup mustered little else in a 7-3 exhibition loss.
deGrom and Scherzer worked a collective nine innings and fanned 12, five by deGrom in three frames and seven by Scherzer in six innings although Scherzer allowed a long homer to right by backup infielder Tejeda in the ninth.