St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets

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St. Louis Cardinals

9-13, 1-9 Away

Final
4 - 7

New York Mets

15-7, 9-1 Home

Victor Scott II robs Juan Soto, has go-ahead double as Cardinals beat Mets 5-4 to sweep twinbill

Brandon Nimmo leaps at the wall to rob a homer

The Cardinals won the opener 6-5.

The nightcap was tied at 4-all in the fourth inning when Soto drove a fastball to straightaway center. Scott ran back to the wall and leaped, and his glove was over the fence when he snatched the ball, preventing it from landing on the grass.

In the sixth, Scott's two-out double off Max Kranick (2-1) scored Yohel Pozo from first base.

Coming off two of three losses to Arizona, the NL East-leading Mets have dropped consecutive series for the first time this year.

Alec Burleson hit a two-run homer and rookie Michael McGreevy pitched 5 2/3 innings of scoreless relief for the Cardinals.

McGreevy (1-0) was recalled Saturday from Triple-A Memphis. He struck out five and gave up one hit and one walk in first appearance in the majors this season. Last year, McGreevy went 3-0 with a 1.96 ERA in four appearances, three of them starts.

Mets starter Tylor Megill allowed four runs in five innings.

Burleson’s first homer this season came with one out in the second. He belted a 0-1 fastball into the right-field bullpen for a 2-0 lead.

Starling Marte had two hits and two RBI for the Mets.

Key moment The Mets sent nine to the plate in the third against Andre Pallante, scoring four runs. McGreevy inherited the bases loaded and retired two batters. St. Louis tied it in the bottom half on singles by Nolan Arenado and Willson Contreras.

Key stat Burleson has hit safely in nine of his last 10 starts against the Mets. He is hitting .333 (12 for 36) with three homers and eight RBI.

Up next Mets: Begin a series at Arizona with Griffin Canning (4-1, 2.61 ERA) on the mound Monday.

Cardinals: At Pittsburgh on Monday with Miles Mikolas (1-2, 4.66) facing the Pirates' Carmen Mlodzinski (1-3, 6.58).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Saggese struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Nootbaar singled to right, Siani scored.
	9th Inning	Siani to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Siani singled to right.
	9th Inning	Pagés popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Gorman lined out to center.

Statistics

STL		NYM
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	10
11	Strikeouts	10
4	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	1
4	Runs	7
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
35	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
13	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
148	Pitches	151
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	17
38	Plate Appearances	39
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
3.0	Runs Created	6.6
.229	Batting Average	.324
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.286	Slugging Percentage	.500
.143	Secondary Average	.294
.289	On Base Percentage	.368
.575	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.868
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
3.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.4
28.0	Batter Rating	49.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.89	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.87
.057	Isolated Power	.176
0.27	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.30
.079	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.077
-.086	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
8.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
76.3	MLB Rating	94.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0