ST. LOUIS — After having striking for just five extra-base hits in their previous six-plus games, the Cardinals exploded for three in the same inning Wednesday. Doubles by Yadier Molina and Tommy Edman and a two-run triple by Dylan Carlson highlighted a five-run fourth inning that gave the Cardinals the final game of a three-game series with the New York Mets, 10-5, at Busch Stadium.
The Cardinals stopped at three a losing streak in which they had scored just three runs. But they lost some uniformed personnel in the eighth after Nolan Arenado was thrown at by Mets rookie Yoan Lopez and was ejected for instigating a ruckus in which Cardinals first-base coach Stubby Clapp also was booted for taking down Mets strongman Pete Alonso. Alonso, who been hit in the helmet the night before, had charged into the melee but was not ejected.
The Mets were retaliating for third baseman J.D Davis being hit in the left ankle by Genesis Cabrera the inning before
