PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Backup second baseman Max Schrock and reserve shortstop Edmundo Sosa, both of whom contributed key defensive plays in the eighth inning to preserve a Cardinals exhibition win on Saturday, combined on offense in the eighth inning on Sunday.
With the Cardinals trailing the New York Mets 3-1, Schrock tripled to right center and came home on Sosa’s homer to left to enable the Cardinals to catch the Mets. Schrock nearly won the game in the ninth but, on his two-out single to right, Evan Mendoza was thrown out at the plate trying to score and the game ended in a 3-3 tie.