Poised to make his first major league appearance in almost four years, left-hander Brandon Waddell was called up by the New York Mets from Triple-A Syracuse to pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night.

The Mets placed Danny Young on the injured list with an elbow sprain Wednesday, a move that came three days after fellow left reliever A.J. Minter landed on IL.

Brandon Waddell is expected to face one of his former teams, the St. Louis Cardinals, in his return to the majors.

Brendan Donovan homered in the top of the ninth inning to pull the Cardinals into a tie with the Mets in New York but the tie didn’t last long.

After enduring the franchise's second-worst start on the road, the St. Louis Cardinals broke out on Wednesday, belting six homers and outscoring the Cincinnati Reds 15-1 in a doubleheader sweep. The Cardinals won the first game 6-0 and the second 9-1.

An inning to forget from Reds reliever Alexis Diaz quashed reasonable hopes of a comeback. The St. Louis Cardinals tied the four-game series.

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