NY Mets 7, St. Louis 2
When: 7:45 PM ET, Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Temperature:
66°
Umpires:
Home -
James Hoye, 1B -
Jordan Baker, 2B -
Mark Carlson, 3B -
Randy Rosenberg
Attendance:
13187
By Field Level Media
Tomas Nido, Kevin Pillar and Jonathan Villar drove in two runs each to power the visiting New York Mets past the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 in the second game of a doubleheader Wednesday.
The result ended the Cardinals' winning streak, which reached six games after St. Louis took the first game of the twin bill 4-1.
In Game 2, Mets manager Luis Rojas deployed reliever Miguel Castro for one scoreless inning as his opener before turning to Jordan Yamamoto for 2 2/3 innings. Yamamoto (1-0) earned the victory by allowing one run on four hits with no walks and one strikeout.
Losing pitcher Johan Oviedo (0-1) gave up four runs on five hits in four innings. He finished with two strikeouts and no walks.
The Mets broke out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning. Dominic Smith led off with a single and raced to third on Pillar's double. Oviedo retired Villar and Jose Peraza on fly balls, but a wild pitch scored Smith, and Nido then ripped a two-run homer.
The Cardinals threatened in the bottom of the second. Ali Sanchez hit a two-out double, but he was thrown out easily while trying to score on Oviedo's single.
Villar's solo homer in the fourth inning put the Mets up 4-0.
The Cardinals cut the deficit to three in the bottom of the inning. Tyler O'Neill was hit by a pitch leading off, and he stole second base and moved to third on a groundout. Dylan Carlson drove him in with a two-out pinch single.
The Mets pushed their lead to 6-1 in the fifth inning. Pillar lined a RBI single into right field, and Villar followed with a run-scoring infield single.
The Cardinals got within 6-2 in the sixth inning when Harrison Bader hit a double and scored on Justin Williams' pinch single.
The Mets tacked on another run in the seventh inning on Pillar's RBI grounder.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| NY Mets |
|
St. Louis |
|
Miguel Castro
|
Player |
Johan Oviedo |
|
No Decision |
W/L |
Loss |
|
1.0 |
IP |
4.0 |
|
1 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
1 |
Hits |
5 |
|
0.00 |
ERA |
9.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| NY Mets
|
9 |
2 |
16 |
.300 |
18 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| St. Louis
|
11 |
0 |
13 |
.355 |
18 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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