Five combined Cy Young awards trotted to the mound for the Mets on Sunday, bringing a rare kind of spring training electricity to Clover Park.
Jacob deGrom fired the first three innings and Max Scherzer the next six. Not that results mattered in this buildup toward Opening Day, but the tandem held the Cardinals to three runs in the Mets’ 7-3 exhibition victory before an overflow crowd. DeGrom, in his second start of the spring, allowed one run on four hits with five strikeouts over three innings.
“I think we all got a kick out of [Sunday],” Scherzer said. “I’m coming out of the pen in the spring so just another wrinkle to everything. You just keep a smile on your face, go out there and take the ball and I wanted to finish the game and was able to. That was the most important thing, to get my six innings in.” Corey Sipkin
DeGrom, who is returning from elbow problems that cost him the second half of last season, is taking a more normal approach to building up for the regular season. Among the novelties on this day was deGrom throwing three straight curveballs — a pitch he seldom employs — to Alec Burleson in the second inning. The last of those pitches was slapped for a single.
As for the afternoon, deGrom said it was difficult for him to enjoy the full effect because of the logistics.
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