ST. LOUIS — How low can they go?
The Mets reached a new basement on Tuesday with a 5-2 loss to the Cardinals at Busch Stadium that pushed them a season's worst nine games below .500, but with this lineup the misery could just be starting.
Daniel Murphy had a particularly brutal night, striking out to kill a rally in the fifth before committing an error in the sixth that led to the Cardinals scoring two unearned runs, sending the Mets toward their 11th loss in 14 games.
The Mets (31-40) will try to avoid the three-game sweep on Wednesday, when Bartolo Colon faces Lance Lynn. A four-game series in Miami will follow for the Mets, who have found Marlins Park to be a house of horrors over its three seasons in existence.
Jon Niese (3-4) went six innings and allowed five runs, three of which were earned, on eight hits and one walk with three strikeouts. The lefty, a borderline All-Star candidate, certainly would have preferred a stronger performance in front of the Cardinals' Mike Matheny, who will manage the NL All-Star team. Niese entered with a 2.54 ERA that ranked sixth in the NL.
Murphy's fielding error in the sixth led to the Cardinals scoring two unearned runs and grabbing a 5-1 lead. Kolten Wong and Peter Bourjos each delivered an RBI single after Murphy dropped Daniel Descalso's soft line drive.
Niese survived a rough fifth inning in which the Cardinals scored twice to take a 3-1 lead. Jon Jay's RBI triple brought in the inning's first run before Matt Holliday delivered a run-scoring double. Niese plunked Descalso to start the rally.
Daisuke Matsuzaka, who left his start Sunday after one inning with an upset stomach, pitched a scoreless seventh for the Mets. Jeurys Familia entered for a scoreless eighth.
But the Mets bats were quiet in the late innings. Lefty Sam Freeman pitched two hitless innings before Jason Motte entered for the ninth and surrendered a solo homer to Lucas Duda.
The Mets had a chance to make a dent in the fifth against Michael Wacha, but after Curtis Granderson doubled Eric Young Jr. to third base, Murphy struck out to end the inning, keeping the game at 1-1.
In the sixth with the Mets trailing 3-1, neither Anthony Recker nor Ruben Tejada could deliver following David Wright's leadoff double and Duda's walk with one out.
Wacha (5-5) frustrated the Mets over six innings, allowing one run on five hits with seven strikeouts and two walks. The right-hander was sharper than the last time the Mets faced him, on April 23, when Wacha struck out 10 over four innings, but also walked a career-high five batters.
Wright's homer leading off the fourth made it 1-1. The blast was Wright's first in 72 at-bats and fifth this season. His previous four were hit at Citi Field.
Though Wright has struggled at the plate, manager Terry Collins wasn't considering moving him from the middle of the lineup.
Wright, who entered play in a 6-for-51 (.118) June nosedive, remained in his customary No. 3 hole.
Yadier Molina's homer leading off the second accounted for the game's first run. It was Molina's first career regular-season home run against the Mets. But his most famous blast came in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS against the Mets, when he homered in the ninth inning to put the Cardinals ahead.
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