Bruce’s homer off Matt Bowman completed what Yoenis Cespedes’ home run in the fifth inning started. The Cardinals led by as many as three runs before two walks and Cespedes’ bolt past Big Mac Land erased that. The Cardinals took another lead in the fifth inning and lost that one in the eighth inning after a leadoff walk. The Mets attempted to repay the favor in a 5-5 game by walking Matt Carpenter to lead off the ninth inning, and after Tommy Pham’s third hit and fifth time on base the potential winning run got to second base with zero outs.
Reduced to challenging a home-run trot, Cardinals hand game over to Mets
