St. Louis Cardinals Bats Clobber the Big Apple Easily Beating the Mets

Dustin May tossed a gem and he finally got the run support he deserves as the St. Louis Cardinals and their bats made a loud entrance into the Big Apple as they beat the New York Mets Tuesday night.

I’m delighted to tell you that it will take awhile to explain how the Cardinals jumped out to an early lead against the Mets Tuesday night. The fun didn’t really get started until the top of the 3rd inning when Nolan Gorman led off with a walk. That, in and of itself, is a victory. Nathan Church followed that with a double that trickled down the left field line as Gorman advanced to third and Church sped into second. JJ Wetherholt decided it was time that the St. Louis Cardinals finally start taking better advantage of runners in scoring position as he whacked a single to right-center scoring both Gorman and Church.

After herrera-671056" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Ivan Herrera was hit by a pitch (again…don’t even get me started), Alec Burleson struck out (which he would more than redeem himself for later), Jordan Walker crushed a 88 mph changeup to left for a double scoring JJ Wetherholt with Herrera advancing to third (which would be important soon). That gave St. Louis a 3-0 lead.

St. Louis would add one more run in a sneaky way before the top of the 3rd inning ended as Lars Nootbaar grounded out to second, but Herrera made a delayed break for home and scored on the play making it 4-0 Cardinals.

In the top of the 5th inning, St. Louis would continue to pile on the Mets. After Ivan Herrera singled on a misjudgment by the Mets centerfielder Ewing, it was Alec Burleson went the other way with a 78 mph curveball that didn’t curve enough as he launched it over the left field wall for a 2-run homer giving the Cardinals a commanding 6-0 lead.

I’ve shared a lot about the St. Louis Cardinals offense Tuesday night and for good reason, but it needs to be said that Dustin May was dealing. He didn’t really allow the Mets to get any kind of momentum other than the bottom of the 4th inning when he allowed two singles and then Nathan Church made a catch in deep center where he did one of the best tornado impressions you’ll ever see. Dustin gave St. Louis a strong 6 innings tossing 101 pitches allowing only 4 hits while striking out 6 and walking just 1 with no earned runs. Brilliant.

If you thought that the St. Louis Cardinals would surely have just coasted the rest of the game, you would be wrong. The Cardinals would continue the scoring parade as Ivan Herrera led off the top of the 7th inning with a line drive to right field that the Mets Carson Benge seemed to dive too far for as the ball went over his glove to the outfield wall. Herrera was only able to turn it into a double as a triple would have been rubbing it in apparently. He still scored, though, as Alec Burleson continued his great night with a double into the right field corner scoring Herrera giving the Cardinals a touchdown lead of 7-0. Extra point is good!

Nathan Church made the most of his return to the active roster as he went 3 for 4 Tuesday night. Ivan Herrera also had 3 hits and Alec Burleson now has a 9-game hitting streak.

Justin Bruihl was the Cardinals bullpen answer for the 7th and 8th inning Tuesday night. He had a drama-free outing which is nice to be able to say. Matt Svanson was tasked with being the Cardinals “closer” and had no problems keeping the Mets from doing anything positive (from a Mets perspective).

The St. Louis Cardinals will try to win the series against the New York Mets Wednesday night as Andre Pallante takes the mound for St. Louis. The Mets will ask Christian Scott to try and stop the Cardinals. Good luck with that, Mr. Scott. You’ll need it. First pitch is set for 6:10pm central time as the game broadcast will be handled by Cardinals.tv.