ST. LOUIS - It took nearly six hours and 18 tortuous innings. It took enduring failure after failure with runners in scoring position. It took a rally against a starting pitcher who was throwing his fourth inning of relief. It took miracles.
Yet the Mets emerged with a 3-1 victory Sunday against the Cardinals, after finally pushing ahead against Tuesday's scheduled starter Carlos Martinez.
The Mets finished 1-for-26 with runners in scoring position and stranded an astounding 25 runners. So appropriately, they pulled ahead on a pair of sacrifices.
Ruben Tejada lifted a sac fly with the bases loaded to score the go-ahead tally ahead of Eric Campbell, whose bunt squeezed home an insurance run.