Mets aces combo for all 9 innings
Jacob degrom and Max Scherzer teamed up to give the New York Mets a complete performance Sunday.
After degrom started and pitched three innings, Scherzer relieved and threw the final six innings in a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
In his second spring start, degrom surrendered four hits, allowing an RBI single to Harrison Bader. He struck out five and didn’t issue a walk.
The two-time Cy Young Award winner has given up one run and struck out 10 in five innings in exhibition play.
Also making his second spring appearance, Scherzer gave up two runs and three hits, including a solo homer by Anderson Tejeda. He struck out seven and walked one over 89 pitches.
After the eighth inning, the fiery hurler had an animated conversation with pitching coach Jeremy Hefner in the dugout.
“I don’t know, that’s normal,” Scherzer said. “Honestly, I can’t remember.”
Francisco Lindor homered from both sides of the plate and Tomas Nido also connected for the Mets.
Limited in camp due to a left oblique strain, newcomer Starling Marte made his spring debut in right field and went 1 for 2. He doubled and sprinted home on Mark Canha’s single. He also made an aggressive, running catch on a looper.
Yankees: Ace Gerrit Cole had his first spring start and allowed four runs and four hits with five strikeouts and a walk over two-plus innings in New York’s 7-4 exhibition win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The right-hander gave up homers to Diego Castillo and Cole Tucker . ... New York signed right-hander Shelby Miller to a minor league contract and invited him to major league spring training. Miller split last season between the Cubs and Pirates, going 0-1 with a 9.24 ERA in 13 relief outings.