New York Mets at St. Louis Cardinals

· Major League Baseball

New York Mets

3-1, 1-0 Away

Final
4 - 2

St. Louis Cardinals

2-2, 2-2 Home

Bichette hits the road and ends his hitless skid, helping the Mets to a 4-2 win over the Cardinals

Bo Bichette somehow falls over on RBI single

Clay Holmes (1-0) pitched 5 2/3 effective innings in his season debut, allowing two runs on four hits and three walks. He struck out five.

Devin Williams, a St. Louis native, worked a 1-2-3 ninth to convert his first save opportunity with the Mets after signing a $51 million, three-year contract as a free agent. Williams is replacing star closer Edwin Díaz, who left for the Los Angeles Dodgers in free agency.

Jorge Polanco and rookie Carson Benge each had two hits for the Mets. New York banged out 10 hits but stranded 11 runners.

Kyle Leahy (0-1) pitched into the sixth inning for St. Louis in his second career start and first at Busch Stadium. Leahy gave up four runs on eight hits and two walks. He is moving from the bullpen to the rotation this year after starting the final game of 2025.

Alec Burleson had two hits and an RBI for the Cardinals. Nolan Gorman hit a solo home run after hitting one Sunday for St. Louis.

The Mets extended their lead to 4-1 with two runs in the sixth. Jared Young doubled home Brett Baty, who led off with a single, to chase Leahy. Cardinals reliever Matt Svanson loaded the bases with a hit and a walk. He walked Juan Soto on four pitches to force in a run before retiring Bichette on a line drive to right.

Bichette, booed Sunday by Mets fans at Citi Field, drove in his second run of the game in the fifth. With two outs, he singled to right to score Benge, ending an 0-for-10 slump.

Bichette is 2 for 19 with eight strikeouts. He joined the Mets as a free agent in January, signing a $126 million, three-year contract after helping the Toronto Blue Jays reach the World Series last season.

Francisco Lindor led off the game with a triple to the wall in right-center and scored on Bichette’s groundout. It was the second triple in two games for Lindor, who didn't have any in 160 games last year.

Up next Cardinals RHP Andre Pallante will face Mets RHP Kodai Senga in the second of a three-games series Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Church struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Walker fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Gorman popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Williams relieved Raley
	9th Inning	Robert Jr. grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Baty grounded out to pitcher.

Statistics

NYM		STL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
17	Ground Balls	11
4	Strikeouts	9
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	5
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
23	Runners Left On Base	12
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
136	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	9
42	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
6.0	Runs Created	1.7
.278	Batting Average	.161
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.417	Slugging Percentage	.290
.306	Secondary Average	.226
.381	On Base Percentage	.235
.798	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.526
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
6.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.7
35.5	Batter Rating	18.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.24	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.91
.139	Isolated Power	.129
1.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.119	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.088
.028	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.065
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
86.3	MLB Rating	69.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0