JUPITER, Fla. • Matt Carpenter did what he does as a leadoff man for the Cardinals. He walked and scored a run in the first, even stealing a base in the process. And he homered his next time up in the second on Sunday.
Tyler O’Neill did what he has been doing all spring. He hit his third homer, a long, two-run shot. But the Cardinals, who led 4-0 and 6-5, lost to the New York Mets 10-8 in exhibition baseball.
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John Brebbia got out of the fifth and had a good sixth before he, too, faltered in the seventh and reliever Giovanny Gallegos allowed a tiebreaking, three-run homer to the Mets’ Dominic Smith.