St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets

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St. Louis Cardinals

12-14, 7-7 Away

Final
4 - 2

New York Mets

13-12, 6-7 Home

Alec Burleson snaps power drought with a 3-run homer, leading Cardinals past Mets 4-2

Burleson’s second-inning round-tripper off José Buttó was his first since he homered against the Minnesota Twins last Aug. 3. He has 10 career longballs in 143 games.

J.D. Martinez went 2-for-4 with an RBI double in his Mets debut. Martinez signed a one-year contract March 23 but was sidelined by lower back stiffness.

Willson Contreras hit a 445-foot homer off the facade along the second deck in left field in the third for the Cardinals.

Miles Mikolas (2-3) gave up two runs in 5 2/3 innings to lower his ERA from 6.49 to 5.91. Ryan Helsley, the Cardinals’ fourth pitcher, earned his eighth save with a perfect ninth.

St. Louis' Nolan Arenado went 0-for-3 but was hit by a pitch in the second to extend his streak of reaching base safely to 24 games, the longest streak in the majors this season.

Tomás Nido homered for the Mets in the fifth. Buttó (0-1) allowed four runs in 5 2/3 innings.

NIGHT RANGERS

The crowd of 24,159 cheered the three times the Mets aired on the scoreboard goals by the New York Rangers, who beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 to take a 3-0 series lead in the first round of the NHL playoffs.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: SS Masyn Winn (back) had a scheduled day off. ... OF Dylan Carlson (left shoulder) took batting practice in St. Louis Friday and could begin a rehab assignment next week. ... IF Matt Carpenter (right oblique) swung a bat Friday and is expected to do so again Saturday.

Mets: To make room for Martinez on the active roster, the Mets designated infielder Zack Short for assignment. ... RHP Tylor Megill (right shoulder strain) is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment Saturday by throwing two innings for Class A Brooklyn. ... RHP Kodai Senga (right shoulder) threw a bullpen Thursday and is slated to throw live batting practice Monday.

Mets RHP Adrian Houser (0-2, 7.45 ERA) opposes Cardinals RHP Sonny Gray (2-1, 1.04) Saturday in the middle game of the series.

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Matchup Prediction

Mets: 68.9%

Cardinals: 31.1%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Stewart struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Stewart hit for Bader
	9th Inning	McNeil lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Martinez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Helsley relieved Kittredge
	9th Inning	Siani struck out swinging.

Statistics

STL		NYM
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	11
10	Strikeouts	9
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	34
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	4
12	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
148	Pitches	120
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	15
36	Plate Appearances	34
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
2.9	Runs Created	3.2
.161	Batting Average	.235
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.355	Slugging Percentage	.441
.323	Secondary Average	.206
.278	On Base Percentage	.235
.633	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.676
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.2
27.0	Batter Rating	27.0
15.5	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.11	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.53
.194	Isolated Power	.206
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.161	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
75.3	MLB Rating	77.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0