NL: ST LOUIS (34-41) at NY METS (43-33) <h3>Beltran, Mets look for revenge vs. Cardinals and Wainwright</h3> <div class="pre">St Louis (34-41) at Ny Mets (44-33) 7:10 pm EDT</div> FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) -- The last time the New York Metsfaced St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright he was putting thefinishing touches on their season. Carlos Beltran and the New York Mets look to exact some revengeagainst Wainwright as they wrap up a four-game series with theCardinals on Thursday. Beltran struck out looking with the bases loaded on nastybreaking ball by Wainwright to end Game Seven of the NationalLeague Championship Series here last October. Meanwhile, Wainwright (6-6,4.58 ERA), who was the closing inplace of the injured Jason Isringhausen, has had an inconsistentseason in his first year starting. The 26-year-old righthanderhas alternated wins and losses in his last four starts. In his last start, Wainwright beat Philadelphia on Saturday,allowing two runs and seven hits in six innings. Wainwright will be opposed by Orlando Hernandez (3-3, 2.77), whodid not face the Cardinals in the NLCS due to a calf injury.Hernandez did face St. Louis the first week of the season andsurrendered just one run and five hits in seven innings on April3. Hernandez, who will try and help the Mets to their sixth win inseven games against St. Louis, is winless in his last fourstarts. On Saturday, Hernandez allowed just six hits in sevenscoreless innings, but received no run support in a 1-0 loss toOakland.
NL: ST LOUIS at NY METS <div class="pre">ST LOUIS AT NY METS -- LINEUPS ST LOUIS NY METS AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Skip Schumaker CF .216 0 3 Jose Reyes SS .314 3 33 Aaron Miles SS .307 0 13 Paul Lo Duca C .281 4 21 Juan Encarnacion RF .264 5 20 Carlos Beltran CF .270 10 44 Chris Duncan 1B .273 14 37 David Wright 3B .288 13 42 Scott Rolen 3B .268 4 30 Carlos Delgado 1B .223 11 42 Ryan Ludwick LF .229 4 14 Shawn Green RF .283 7 27 Yadier Molina C .273 1 12 Carlos Gomez LF .270 2 11 Adam Kennedy 2B .211 0 12 Ruben Gotay 2B .296 3 11 Adam Wainwright RHP .304 0 3 Orlando Hernandez RHP .182 0 2 (6-6, 4.58) (3-3, 2.77)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at NY METS <div class="pre">NL AT NY METS NOTE: THE START OF THE GAME IS BEING DELAYED DUE TO RAIN.</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at NY METS <div class="pre">NL AT NY METS NOTE: THE GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN.</div>
Rain washes out Mets-Cardinals series finale <h3>ST LOUIS AT NY METS, POSTPONED (RAIN)</h3>FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) -- Thursday's game between the NewYork Mets and the defending world champion St. Louis Cardinalswas postponed due to rain. No makeup date has been announced. The Mets won two of the first three games of the scheduledfour-game series, outlasting the Cardinals in 11 innings onMonday and winning a rain-shortened, six-inning affairWednesday. St. Louis posted an 11-inning victory on Tuesday.
NL: ST LOUIS at NY METS <div class="pre">NL AT NY METS NOTE: THE GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN AND NO MAKEUP DATE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. PROBABLES: NYM - JOHN MAINE (8-4, 2.87) PHI - J.D. DURBIN (0-0, 94.50) NYM - ORLANDO HERNANDEZ (3-3, 2.77) PHI - COLE HAMELS (9-3, 3.80)</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at NY METS <div class="pre">NL AT NY METS NOTE: THE GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN AND NO MAKEUP DATE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. PROBABLES: NYM - ORLANDO HERNANDEZ (3-3, 2.77) PHI - J.D. DURBIN (0-0, 94.50) NYM - JOHN MAINE (8-4, 2.87) PHI - COLE HAMELS (9-3, 3.80)</div>
Rain washes out Mets-Cardinals series finale <h3>ST LOUIS AT NY METS, POSTPONED (RAIN)</h3>FLUSHING, New York (Ticker) -- Thursday's game between the NewYork Mets and the defending world champion St. Louis Cardinalswas postponed due to rain. No makeup date has been announced. "We were ready to go, but nobody wanted to stay around until10:30 p.m. (EDT)," St. Louis manager Tony La Russa said. The Mets won two of the first three games of the scheduledfour-game series, outlasting the Cardinals in 11 innings onMonday and winning a rain-shortened, six-inning affairWednesday. St. Louis posted an 11-inning victory on Tuesday. New York visits the Philadelphia Phillies this weekend, openingthe four-game series Friday with a day-night doubleheader.Orlando Hernandez (3-3, 2.77 ERA) faces J.D. Durbin (0-0, 94.50)in Game One, which begins at 1:05 p.m. EDT, and John Maine(8-4, 2.87) will start against Cole Hamels (9-3, 3.80) in thenightcap at 7:05 p.m. The Cardinals will finish their six-game road trip with aweekend series at Cincinnati, sending righthander AdamWainwright (6-6, 4.58) to the hill against Bronson Arroyo (2-9,5.14) in the opener on Friday.
