St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Mets - Game 39 open thread - May 19, 2015

The St. Louis Cardinals' 25-13 records gives them the best winning percent in all of baseball entering play tonight. But the Cards are just 5-7 in their arbitrarily selected last 12 games. Tonight, they face the first-place New York Mets in the second of the clubs' four games this series at Citi Field.

In other news, former Cardinals shortstop Rafael Furcal has retired.

Congrats to the retiring Rafael Furcal on a great career. Thanks for your contributions to the Birds on the Bat! pic.twitter.com/4GFVOQkud6

— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) May 19, 2015

The Cardinals Lineup:

1. Peter Bourjos, CF
2. Randal Grichuk, RF
3. Matt Holliday, LF
4. Jhonny Peralta, SS
5. Yadier Molina, C
6. Mark Reynolds, 1B
7. Kolten Wong, 2B
8. Pete Kozma, 3B
9. Michael Wacha, P

The Mets Lineup:

1. Curtis Granderson, RF
2. Eric Campbell, 3B
3. Lucas Duda, 1B
4. Michael Cuddyer, LF
5. Daniel Murphy, 2B
6. Wilmer Flores, SS
7. Anthony Recker, C
8. Jon Niese, P
9. Juan Lagares, CF