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March 31, 2026 · NL Cent

New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals

March 31, 2026Busch StadiumPartly Cloudy 80°F · 10 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
New York Mets
3-2
0
vs
HOME
St. Louis Cardinals
3-2
3

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B3 Iván Herrera Iván Herrera doubles (2) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Juan Soto. Victor Scott II scores. JJ Wetherholt scores. NYM 0, STL 2
B7 Ramón Urías Ramón Urías homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. NYM 0, STL 3

Box score

  123456789 R
NYM 000000000 0
STL 002000100 3

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Mets AWAY 0

Kodai Senga started for Mets, leaving trailing 0–2. Out of the bullpen, Richard Lovelady took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Kodai Senga Starter 6.0 92 2 9 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Kodai Senga threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 48% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 36 39% 6 3 13 10 4
    Cutter 24 26% 1 7 5 7 4
    Forkball 15 16% 4 0 0 9 2
    Sweeper 10 11% 3 0 0 6 1
    Slider 3 3% 1 0 0 1 1
    Sinker 3 3% 0 0 0 2 1
    Curveball 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Richard Lovelady Reliever 2.0 29 1 2
Cardinals HOME 3

Andre Pallante started for Cardinals, leaving with a 2–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Andre Pallante Starter 5.0 88 0 3 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Andre Pallante threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 57% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 27 31% 5 3 3 12 4
    Four-Seam Fastball 23 26% 2 8 1 5 7
    Sinker 20 23% 2 1 6 9 2
    Knuckle Curve 12 14% 1 2 2 5 2
    Splitter 6 7% 0 0 1 5 0
  • Gordon Graceffo Middle 1.0 3 0 0 HLD inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Ryne Stanek Setup 1.0 22 0 1 HLD
  • JoJo Romero Setup 1.0 13 0 1 HLD
  • Riley O'Brien Closer 1.0 11 0 0 SV

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 3rd · off Senga
  • Herrera 2B (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · NYM
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Francisco Lindor SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 .176 .417 .412 .829
Juan Soto LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .381 .458 .476 .934 2B
Bo Bichette 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .091 .125 .091 .216
Luis Robert Jr. CF 3 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .474 .533 1.007
Jared Young 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 .222 .222 .333 .555
Brett Baty DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .350 .600
Marcus Semien 2B 2 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .250 .188 .438
Carson Benge RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .176 .263 .353 .616
Francisco Alvarez C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .462 .700 1.162
Mark Vientos DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .666
Luis Torrens C 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .666
HOME · STL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
JJ Wetherholt 2B 4 1 2 0 0 2 .300 .348 .450 .798
Iván Herrera C 2 0 1 2 2 1 .158 .227 .263 .490 2B
Alec Burleson 1B 2 0 0 0 2 0 .353 .455 .588 1.043
Masyn Winn SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .182 .238 .420
Nolan Gorman DH 4 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .556 .778
Jordan Walker RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .294 .400 .588 .988
Nathan Church LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 .188 .188 .188 .376
Ramón Urías 3B 3 1 1 1 0 1 .222 .222 .667 .889 HR (1)
Victor Scott II CF 3 1 2 0 0 0 .438 .438 .500 .938 2B

Pitching lines

AWAY · NYM
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Kodai Senga 6.0 4 2 2 3 9 0 92 3.00 L
Richard Lovelady 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 1 29 4.50
HOME · STL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Andre Pallante 5.0 3 0 0 3 3 0 88 0.00 W
Gordon Graceffo 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 HLD
Ryne Stanek 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 22 2.70 HLD
JoJo Romero 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 0.00 HLD
Riley O'Brien 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · NYM
Carlos Mendoza
Lineup 3.7 R Bunts 1.8 R IBBs 1.5 R
HOME · STL
Oliver Marmol
Lineup 2.1 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 1.2 R

Recent form

AWAY · NYM
4-5 ?1 -13 run diff
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HOME · STL
5-5 W2 -6 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with NYM listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.