PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — After allowing hits to the first three New York Mets he faced Wednesday, Cardinals ace Jack Flaherty set down nine of the next 10 batters before the Mets added a run in the fourth to the two they tallied in the first. Flaherty permitted five hits in his four frames, a hit total which was the same as had by the Cardinals had on offense.
Austin Dean doubled in the fourth and Tommy Edman singled in the sixth before 19-year-old Nolan Gorman smacked his first Grapefruit League homer in the eighth as the Mets scored a 4-1 exhibition victory.