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St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets

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St. Louis Cardinals
29-43, 16-22 Away
Final
8 - 7
New York Mets
33-38, 17-15 Home

Arenado homers twice, Cardinals beat Mets 8-7 to take series

Arenado hit a two-run homer in the first inning for the Cardinals, who blew an early 5-1 lead before the third baseman homered off Adam Ottavino (0-3), his former teammate with the Colorado Rockies, with one out in the ninth.

Arenado had his 23rd career multi-homer game on his first Father’s Day since his first child, daughter Levi, was born last August. He also had a cycle on Father’s Day for the Rockies in 2017.

“Obviously thought about that’s cool — my first Father’s Day, hit a homer,” Arenado said. “And then (to) hit two. But I think about my Dad, too. He’s had a good one, the cycle I hit on Father’s Day in Colorado.”

With a grin, Arenado added “So he can have that one. This one, I’ll keep. This is for me.”

Paul DeJong and Jordan Walker also homered while Paul Goldschmidt had a two-run double and Brendan Donovan added an RBI single among his three hits for St. Louis, which was 0-5-1 in its previous six series.

“There’s some life in that clubhouse,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said.

“That was a good one. To be able to score, give it up and then come back and continue to score — it was a good team win. A lot of guys contributed.”

Drew VerHagen (4-0), the Cardinals’ fourth pitcher, retired all five batters he faced. Jordan Hicks earned his second save in as many days in the ninth, when he got Starling Marte to hit into a game-ending double play.

“The boys were definitely relentless today,” Marmol said. “They wanted to just continue to push — even the innings we didn’t score, there was good momentum and good conversations taking place. Overall it felt different and I liked it. It was good.”

Francisco Lindor, whose wife gave birth to the couple’s second daughter Saturday morning, homered in the bottom of the first inning to begin the series of comebacks by the Mets, who trailed 5-1, 6-4 and 7-5 before Tommy Pham tied it with a two-run shot in the fifth.

Eduardo Escobar hit a run-scoring triple and Brandon Nimmo had a two-RBI double in the second inning and Mark Canha added an RBI single in the fourth inning for the Mets, who are 3-11 since sweeping the Philadelphia Phillies in a three-game series from May 30 through June 1.

Mets first baseman Pete Alonso went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts in his return from the injured list with a left wrist bone bruise and sprain.

“Frustrated for them because you could tell how much they put into getting back in that game and trying to cover some things that we were deficient at,” Mets manager Buck Showalter said. “Finally pushed through with Tommy and we just couldn’t push that other one across.”

The homers by DeJong and Pham continued their success against their respective opponents. DeJong, who has homered in six of the 15 games he’s played at Citi Field, has a .695 slugging percentage against the Mets, the highest of any player with at least 120 plate appearances.

“It’s one of those things that’s written in the stars, maybe,” DeJong said. “I love coming here. This is a great opportunity — big city lights. It’s always a fun environment to play here.”

Pham, who played 362 games for the Cardinals after being drafted by the team in 2006, is hitting .254 with four homers and 14 RBI against his former club.

Cardinals starter Matthew Liberatore allowed five runs and struck out two in four innings. For the Mets, Carlos Carrasco allowed six runs (five earned) with four strikeouts in three innings.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: OF Lars Nootbaar (lower back), who went 4-for-5 with a pair of homers and four RBI while playing right field in his second rehab game Sunday for Triple-A Memphis, could join the Cardinals for their series in Washington that begins Monday night. … OF Dylan Carlson, who had a pinch-hit RBI single Saturday after being hit on the elbow by a pitch Friday, returned to the starting lineup and went 0-for-5.

Mets: To make room for Alonso, the Mets optioned IF/OF Mark Vientos to Triple-A Syracuse. … CF Brandon Nimmo was visited by a trainer but remained in the game after fouling consecutive pitches off his lower leg in the sixth inning. … RHP José Quintana (left rib) allowed two unearned runs over 3 1/3 innings in his second rehab start Sunday for Class A St. Lucie.

UP NEXT

Cardinals: A six-game road trip continues as RHP Jack Flaherty (3-5, 4.64 ERA) starts the opener of a three-game series against the Washington Nationals.

Mets: RHP Max Scherzer (5-2, 4.45 ERA) takes the ball as New York begins a six-game road trip with the opener of a three-game set against the Houston Astros. Scherzer has given up 11 runs over nine innings in his past two starts.

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Matchup Prediction

Mets: 60.3%
Cardinals: 39.7%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Marte grounded into double play, second to first, Nimmo out at second.
9th Inning Nimmo singled to left.
9th Inning Vogelbach flied out to center.
9th Inning Hicks relieved VerHagen
9th Inning Vogelbach hit for Canha
9th Inning Mercado in left field.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 2
10 Ground Balls 10
8 Strikeouts 5
8 Runs Batted In 7
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
8 Hits 6
2 Stolen Bases 2
7 Walks 5
0 Catcher Interference 0
8 Runs 7
2 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
35 At Bats 31
4 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
14 Runners Left On Base 9
0 Triples 1
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 1
17 Fly Balls 16
0 Caught Stealing 0
158 Pitches 158
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
22 Total Bases 15
42 Plate Appearances 38
648.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
6 Extra Base Hits 4
7.6 Runs Created 5.6
.229 Batting Average .194
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.629 Slugging Percentage .484
.657 Secondary Average .516
.357 On Base Percentage .342
.986 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .826
0.6 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.6
7.1 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 5.8
58.0 Batter Rating 46.5
8.8 At Bats Per Home Run 15.5
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.76 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.16
.400 Isolated Power .290
0.88 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 1.00
.167 Walks Per Plate Appearance .132
.429 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .323
16.0 Runs Produced 14.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.8 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.2
98.5 MLB Rating 88.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Citi Field

Location: Queens, New York
Attendance: 43,110 | Capacity:

2024 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee 93 69 .574 - L1
St. Louis 83 79 .512 10 W1
Chicago 83 79 .512 10 L1
Cincinnati 77 85 .475 16 W1
Pittsburgh 76 86 .469 17 L1

2024 National League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Philadelphia 95 67 .586 - W1
Atlanta 89 73 .549 6 W1
New York 89 73 .549 6 L1
Washington 71 91 .438 24 L1
Miami 62 100 .383 33 W4
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