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June 9, 2026 · NL East

St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets

June 9, 2026Citi FieldClear 72°F · 10 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
St. Louis Cardinals
36-28
7
vs
HOME
New York Mets
29-37
0

Game Highlights

Published June 9, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T3 JJ Wetherholt JJ Wetherholt singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder A.J. Ewing. Nolan Gorman scores. Nathan Church scores. STL 2, NYM 0
T3 Jordan Walker Jordan Walker doubles (15) on a line drive to left fielder Juan Soto. JJ Wetherholt scores. Iván Herrera to 3rd. STL 3, NYM 0
T3 Lars Nootbaar Lars Nootbaar grounds out, second baseman Marcus Semien to first baseman Jared Young. Iván Herrera scores. Jordan Walker to 3rd. STL 4, NYM 0
T5 Alec Burleson Alec Burleson homers (9) on a fly ball to left center field. Iván Herrera scores. STL 6, NYM 0
T7 Alec Burleson Alec Burleson doubles (17) on a line drive to right fielder Carson Benge. Iván Herrera scores. STL 7, NYM 0

Box score

  123456789 R
STL 004020100 7
NYM 000000000 0

Pitching & bullpen

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

Cardinals AWAY 7

Dustin May started for Cardinals, leaving with a 6–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Dustin May Starter 6.0 101 0 6 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Dustin May threw
    CSW 31% 1st-pitch strike 73% 4.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 26 26% 2 5 10 9 0
    Sweeper 21 21% 2 4 5 6 4
    Sinker 19 19% 3 4 4 3 5
    Cutter 14 14% 1 4 2 3 4
    Changeup 14 14% 1 2 3 6 2
    Curveball 7 7% 1 2 0 4 0
  • Justin Bruihl Setup 2.0 21 0 2
  • Matt Svanson Middle 1.0 11 0 1
Mets HOME 0

Freddy Peralta started for Mets, leaving trailing 0–6. Out of the bullpen, Joey Gerber took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Freddy Peralta Starter 6.0 98 6 5 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Freddy Peralta threw
    CSW 32% 1st-pitch strike 46% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 58 59% 5 12 5 24 12
    Curveball 19 19% 3 5 1 7 3
    Changeup 18 18% 3 3 2 7 3
    Slider 2 2% 0 0 0 1 1
    Sweeper 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Joey Gerber Middle 2.0 21 1 1
  • Cionel Pérez Setup 1.0 7 0 0

Where the game turned

2 runs Top 3rd · off Peralta
  • Wetherholt 1B (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · STL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
JJ Wetherholt 2B 5 1 1 2 0 0 .245 .355 .391 .746
Iván Herrera DH 3 3 3 0 0 0 .264 .388 .414 .802 2B
Alec Burleson 1B 5 1 2 3 0 2 .293 .360 .472 .832 HR (9), 2B
Jordan Walker RF 5 0 1 1 0 0 .301 .359 .557 .916 2B
Lars Nootbaar LF 4 0 0 1 0 0 .214 .353 .500 .853
Masyn Winn SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .313 .316 .629
Jimmy Crooks C 4 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .250 .222 .472
Nolan Gorman 3B 2 1 0 0 2 2 .197 .283 .323 .606
Nathan Church CF 4 1 3 0 0 0 .260 .294 .407 .701 2B
HOME · NYM
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Carson Benge RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .264 .324 .405 .729
Bo Bichette SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .230 .281 .325 .606
Juan Soto LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 .276 .368 .525 .893
Jared Young 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .271 .353 .475 .828
A.J. Ewing CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .270 .347 .348 .695 2B
Marcus Semien 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .223 .274 .357 .631
Brett Baty 3B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .231 .299 .332 .631
Mark Vientos DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .212 .246 .368 .614
Francisco Alvarez C 3 0 1 0 0 1 .243 .318 .391 .709
MJ Melendez DH 2 0 0 0 0 2 .196 .306 .391 .697

Pitching lines

AWAY · STL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Dustin May 6.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 101 4.21 W
Justin Bruihl 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 21 4.30
Matt Svanson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 8.44
HOME · NYM
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Freddy Peralta 6.0 6 6 6 2 5 1 98 4.04 L
Joey Gerber 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 21 1.80
Cionel Pérez 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5.40

Manager comparison

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

Recent form

AWAY · STL
5-5 W2 -6 run diff
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HOME · NYM
4-5 ?1 -13 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with STL 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.