St. Louis in action against New York following Martinez's strong performance

Updated May. 3, 2021 3:21 a.m. ET

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New York Mets (11-11, second in the NL East) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (16-12, second in the NL Central)

St. Louis; Monday, 7:45 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Mets: TBD Cardinals: Adam Wainwright (0-3, 4.08 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 32 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: St. Louis heads into the matchup after a dominant performance by Carlos Martinez. Martinez went eight innings, surrendering zero runs on five hits with three strikeouts against Pittsburgh.

The Cardinals are 7-6 in home games in 2020. St. Louis has a team on-base percentage of .295, last in the National League. Yadier Molina leads the team with a mark of .366.

The Mets are 5-7 on the road. New York has hit 17 home runs this season, last in the MLB. Pete Alonso leads the team with five, averaging one every 16.2 at-bats.

TOP PERFORMERS: Paul DeJong leads the Cardinals with six home runs and is slugging .376.

Alonso leads the Mets with five home runs home runs and is slugging .494.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cardinals: 8-2, .230 batting average, 2.47 ERA, outscored opponents by 21 runs

Mets: 4-6, .243 batting average, 3.36 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

INJURIES: Cardinals: Adam Wainwright: (covid-19 injured list), Daniel Ponce de Leon: (soulder), Andrew Miller: (toe), Miles Mikolas: (right shoulder), Dakota Hudson: (right elbow), Jordan Hicks: (undisclosed), John Nogowski: (hand), Yadier Molina: (foot).

Mets: Noah Syndergaard: (elbow), Seth Lugo: (elbow), Carlos Carrasco: (hamstring), Dellin Betances: (right shoulder), Brandon Nimmo: (undisclosed), Jose Martinez: (knee), Luis Guillorme: (oblique), J.D. Davis: (hand).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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Jordan Hicks

Pete Alonso

J.D. Davis

Daniel Ponce de Leon

Andrew Miller

Noah Syndergaard

Seth Lugo

Yadier Molina

Carlos Martínez

Miles Mikolas

Adam Wainwright

Paul DeJong

John Nogowski

Dakota Hudson

José Martínez

Dellin Betances

Luis Guillorme

Brandon Nimmo

Carlos Carrasco

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