Miles Mikolas combined with three relievers on an eight-hitter Friday night for the visiting St. Louis Cardinals, who beat the New York Mets 4-2 in the opener of a three-game series. Alec Burleson and Willson Contreras homered for the Cardinals, who have won three of four. Tomas Nido had two hits, including a homer, for New York, which has lost four of five. J.D. Martinez had two hits, including an RBI double, in his Mets debut. Martinez, a lifetime .287 hitter with 315 career homers, was... Read this story
