By Tom Orf
Chris Carpenter’s only career game against Mets in New York was an interleague game. When with Toronto, he allowed one run and four hits in six innings in a 1-0 loss to the Mets (the run was scored by Joe McEwing on a single by Mike Piazza in the first).
Of course his last game against the Mets was his only one game in 2007 before going on DL. His only start as a Cardinal against the Mets was in 2005 when he shut them out for seven innings on three hits to move to 21-4 in his Cy Young Award year. Albert Pujols hit two solo home runs, the first in the sixth to put the Cards up 1-0 and John Gall added a two-run home run.
Johan Santana’s only game against Cardinals was last year, when he pitched a six-hitter in a 9-1 win. A Pujols home run provided the only run for the Cardinals.
Carpenter against the Mets
| Date | Tm | Opp | GmReslt | App,Dec | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
| 4/1/2007 | STL | NYM | L 1-6 | GS-6 ,L | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 9/8/2005 | STL | NYM | W 5-0 | GS-7 ,W | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 7/17/2001 | TOR | @NYM | L 0-1 | GS-6 ,L | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 7/18/2000 | TOR | NYM | L 7-11 | GS-4 ,L | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
