St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
The Story
The St. Louis Cardinals handed the New York Mets a lopsided 9-2 defeat at Citi Field on June 10, 2026, building an insurmountable lead through the early innings and never relenting. The DiamondIQ model's pre-game estimate gave the home side just a 40 percent chance of winning, and that number fell to zero percent by game's end, a reflection of how thoroughly St. Louis controlled the contest from the opening frames. The Cardinals scattered their 11 hits across a clean error-free performance, while the Mets managed only three hits against a Cardinal pitching staff that consistently limited damage when New York briefly showed signs of life.
The decisive stretch came in the third and fourth innings, where two home runs off Mets starter David Peterson effectively put the game away. Nelson Velázquez led off the third with a home run that swung win probability 15.9 percent in St. Louis's favor, the single largest play of the game. Jordan Walker followed with another solo shot in the fourth, adding another 10.4 percent swing in the Cardinals' direction and pushing Peterson out of a workable position. The Mets' best moment came in the bottom of the third, when Luis Torrens reached on a hit by pitch to generate a modest 5.4 percent positive swing, but Jared Young's groundout in the same frame erased 6.9 percent of New York's win probability and extinguished the rally.
On the individual ledger, Velázquez finished as the game's most impactful offensive contributor with a WPA of plus-16.4 percent, while Walker posted the top RE24 mark at plus-2.8, underscoring how his damage came in situations where run expectancy was particularly consequential. Andre Pallante was the standout on the mound, generating plus-13.5 percent WPA while repeatedly stranding Mets runners, including a pivotal strikeout of Francisco Alvarez in the second that cost New York 5.4 percent of their win probability. Cionel Pérez and Matt Svanson each contributed modest positive pitching WPA as St. Louis closed out the final innings without incident.