St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets

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St. Louis Cardinals

9-11, 1-7 Away

Final
4 - 5

New York Mets

13-7, 7-1 Home

Francisco Lindor hits leadoff homer in 9th to lift the Mets past the Cardinals, 5-4

Mets fans erupt after a Juan Soto RBI single

Brendan Donovan had homered off Huascar Brazobán (1-0) starting the the top of the ninth, tying it at 4 with a drive off the netting of the right field foul pole.

Lindor drove a cutter on the third pitch from Fernandez (0-2) into the right field second deck for his 250th homer and his first walk-off homer with the Mets.

Torrens had tied the score with an RBI double in the eighth, his fifth hit in 13 at-bats with runners in scoring position.

St. Louis batters struck out 15 times.

Juan Soto, in a 3-for-31 slide, capped a two-run fifth with a tying RBI single that drove in Tyrone Taylor, who had tripled in the Mets' first run.

Nolan Arenado's RBI single put the Cardinals back ahead 3-2 in the sixth but Vientos tied the score against Kyle Leahy when he homered for the second straight night.

Opposite-field run-scoring singles to right by Pedro Pagés and Jordan Walker had built a 2-0 lead.

Mets starter David Peterson allowed three runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings with nine strikeouts and no walks.

Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas lowered his ERA from 9.00 to 7.64, giving up two runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings.

Donovan extended his hitting streak to 14 games, the longest in the major leagues this season.

Brandon Nimmo entered in a 1-for-15 slump, was dropped as low as sixth in the order for first time since April 5, 2021.

Key moment Arenado, the Cardinals' 10-time Gold Glove third baseman, made a diving tag on Luisangel Acuña for the first out of the eighth. Acuña overslid the base on Brandon Nimmo’s grounder to him.

Key stat Pete Alonso hit his eighth career triple, his first since July 22, 2023, and was stranded in the first.

Up next Cardinals LHP Matthew Liberatore (1-1, 3.93) and Mets RHP Kodai Senga (2-1, 1.06) start Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lindor homered to right (401 feet).
	9th Inning	Fernandez relieved Maton
	9th Inning	Pagés struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Saggese struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Walker struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Donovan homered to right (370 feet).

Statistics

STL		NYM
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	12
15	Strikeouts	2
4	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	2
0	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	2
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
13	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	0
156	Pitches	134
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	21
35	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	6
2.5	Runs Created	7.7
.229	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.343	Slugging Percentage	.636
.114	Secondary Average	.545
.229	On Base Percentage	.351
.571	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.988
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.7
29.0	Batter Rating	46.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.46	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.62
.114	Isolated Power	.364
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	2.00
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.108
-.114	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.273
8.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
76.5	MLB Rating	94.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0