The Mets possessed two leads in this game, but neither of them lasted particularly long. Steven Matz was handed a 1-0 lead after a Todd Frazier RBI single plated the game’s first run in the bottom of the first. However, a double, a sacrifice bunt, and a sacrifice fly tied the game for the Cardinals in the third.
Despite Daniel Ponce de Leon’s control issues—he walked four batters in his four innings of work—the Mets were unable cash in any further against him. The game remained knotted at one until the fifth when Matz surrendered a one-out walk to Dexter Fowler.