By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
After victory earlier in the day, the St. Louis Cardinals saw some heroics from Victor Scott II on both sides of the ball as they swept a doubleheader over the New York Mets, winning the nightcap 5-4 at Busch Stadium.
The Cardinals took the lead first in the nightcap in the second inning, Nolan Arenado singling to lead off the inning and after Willson Contreras lineout out to left field, Alec Burleson put the Redbirds on the board with a two run home run to right center field, his first home run of the season.
A Burly BOMB! pic.twitter.com/WrJdm4MMtK
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) May 4, 2025
The Mets answered by taking the lead in the top of the third inning, putting up four runs against starting pitcher Andre Pallante. Tyrone Taylor and Fransisco Lindor hit back to back singles, but Lindor would be thrown out at second on a groundout by Juan Soto. Pete Alonso’s single scored Taylor, and then Mark Vientos walked to load the bases. With the bases loaded, Starling Marte singled to drive in Soto and Alonso and Fransisco Alvarez followed that with a single to score Vientos
In the bottom of the third, St. Louis tied the game up with another two run inning. Lars Nootbaar and Masyn Winn getting walked back to back and both advancing on a groundout by Brendan Donovan. Nolan Arenado’s single drove in Nootbaar and Willson Contreras followed that up with a single and his fourth RBI of the doubleheader scoring Winn to tie the game up at 4-4.
In the top of the fourth inning, Scott II would show off his defense in center field with runners on first and second as Soto hit a sharp, deep fly ball in his direction. Scott II ranged back to the wall and reached up to rob Soto of the three run home run for the first out of the inning. In the bottom of the sixth, it was Scott’s bat giving the Cardinals the lead with an RBI double, driving in Yohel Pozo.
VICTOR SCOTT II WITH ONE OF THE BEST CATCHES EVER! pic.twitter.com/jgX1R96qgy
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) May 4, 2025
Victor Scott II gives us the lead! pic.twitter.com/roAg8KKVXL
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) May 5, 2025
Michael McGreevy earned the win in his 2025 debut for St. Lous after being recalled from Triple A Memphis on Saturday, pitching 5.2 innings and giving up no runs and one hit, striking out five, walking one. Arenado (2-4, 1 RBI) and Burleson (2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI) led the way at the plate in the win.
St. Louis will stay home to host Pittsburgh starting tomorrow. Miles Mikolas will open the series for the Cardinals against Carmen Mlodzinski for the Pirates. First pitch is at 6:45pm, pregame coverage will be joined at 6:35 on KY 102 (102.5 FM).
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