% 83 59 Second serve pts won % 36 36 Winners 7 11

ST. LOUIS -- Wednesday nights pitching matchup looks like a classic pitchers duel between hard-throwing right-handers Jacob deGrom of the New York Mets and Carlos Martinez of the St. Louis Cardinals.Then again, deGrom was supposed to be involved in a pitchers duel in his last outing and that didnt pan out.Facing Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants Thursday night, deGrom suffered perhaps the worst outing of his big league career. In five innings, he allowed 13 hits and eight runs as New York lost 10-7.Odds are that deGrom will be sharper this time, and hell probably have to be against Martinez. In a performance 180 degrees removed from deGroms, Martinez rolled through seven innings in his last start on Aug. 17 in Houston, allowing just a run and fanning seven in an 8-2 win.Whats more, Martinez has shut down the Mets in his brief big league career, going 2-1 with a 1.31 earned run average in six career outings. That includes a 3-2 win in the opener of a doubleheader July 26 in New York that saw him last five innings and work out of numerous jams.The Mets offense might be better-equipped for the rematch, even though second baseman Neil Walker (paternity leave) will miss the game. New York rapped out 12 hits Tuesday night in a 7-4 win, with the 1-2 batters -- Jose Reyes and Asdrubal Cabrera -- each bagging three.At 63-62, the Mets sit 3 1/2 games back of St. Louis (66-58) for the National Leagues second wild-card spot.Its crunch time and its nice to have the majority of our lineup back, Mets manager Terry Collins said. They know were playing for something.The Cardinals remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Miami for the second wild-card position, thanks to the Marlins 1-0 loss to Kansas City. They could have actually picked up another game on them except for a poor performance with men on base.St. Louis stranded 11 men Tuesday night, leaving two aboard in the third, fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth innings. After the first inning, when it collected a pair of RBI hits with men in scoring position, it was 0-for-6 for the games remainder in that situation.We had opportunities later on and we hit some balls hard, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. But it was just one of those days. It was an uphill battle right from the beginning.Despite the loss that dropped St. Louis to 28-34 at home, center fielder Randal Grichuk continued his power surge. 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Shot of the matchIt didnt have a bearing on the result, but Goffins deft lob in the fifth game of the first set was pure class. Djokovic gave David Goffin a thumbs up after this excellent lob Djokovics reactionI felt the most comfortable today from all the three matches I have played. I felt I increased the level and quality of tennis, so thats a good sign. Its not easy for him to come out. He came here and practiced for the last couple of days, he didnt play his best tennis, but I wish him all the best and he is a great player. Djokovic gives his reaction to beating Goffin Expert analysisGreg Rusedski: Goffin really doesnt have anything to hurt Djokovic; thats the problem. Djokovic does everything that much better than Goffin, so this was perfect. One hour and 10 minutes on court, tops the group, 3-0, and an extra 200 points, so what more do you want? It has been a perfect group for Novak Djokovic and he is coming into form at the right time. It will be very interesting to see how he plays in the semis.Leif Shiras: Novak was able to outmaneuver his man, who didnt really have enough in him today to figure out a response. You have to problem-solve against Novak constantly. When Djokovic plays with that kind of pace, the conviction, the accuracy, all those good things, he becomes a very difficult out. Djokovic speaks to Mark Petchey at the SkyPad The matchGoffin made a hesitant start and although he held his first service game, he was broken in his second largely due to a pair of double faults.dddddddddddd Match stats Djokovic Goffin Aces 3 1 Double faults 4 4 First serve in % 61 47 First serve pts won % 83 59 Second serve pts won % 36 36 Winners 7 11 Unforced errors 17 21 Net points won 7/11 1/2 Break points won 4/6 0/1 Djokovic was then penalised for a time violation and briefly argued with the umpire, but he did not let it affect his focus and broke Goffin for the second time on the way to winning the first set in 35 minutes.Djokovic also made a flying start to the second set by breaking a below-par Goffin in the third game, and although he didnt manage to break the Belgian again, he still completed a routine win to the loss of just three games.Watch every day of the ATP World Tour Finals, from November 13-20, live on Sky Sports. Full schedule here. 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