A crazy day that included Carlos Beltran going on the DL and Jose Reyes getting in a car accident ended in predictably crazy fashion, with the replaceMets somehow taking a 6-4 win over the NL Central-leading Cardinals at Citi Field to move just 1 1/2 games back in the East. It’s always something with this team, isn’t it? Colleague Jay Greenberg writes that the Mets are showing amazin’ resiliency under Jerry Manuel.

The Mets’ morale no doubt will be tested by Beltran becoming the ninth member of their current disabled list.

In the notes, the Mets did some shuffling to their overworked bullpen.