ST. LOUIS -- The New York Mets legitimately are in a wild-card race.
With an eventful win in the series opener at Busch Stadium, the Mets moved to within 3½ games of the St. Louis Cardinals for the National League’s second wild-card slot.
And the Mets now can feel good about sending Jacob deGrom (7-6, 2.73 ERA) to the mound opposite right-hander Carlos Martinez (11-7, 3.24) on Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. ET.
In a five-inning start in San Francisco, deGrom surrendered career highs with eight runs and 13 hits.