The St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 2-1 on Apr 1, 2026 at Busch Stadium.
Final · Busch Stadium
Top performers
- Juan Soto went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Mets.
- Freddy Peralta pitched 5.1 innings for the Mets, allowing 1 earned run with 7 strikeouts.
- Masyn Winn went 1-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Cardinals.
- Matthew Liberatore pitched 6.0 innings for the Cardinals, allowing 1 earned run with 2 strikeouts.
New York Mets box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Soto | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bo Bichette | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Semien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jorge Polanco | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Francisco Lindor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Luis Robert Jr. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Alvarez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brett Baty | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrone Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Vientos | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Benge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jared Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 38 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddy Peralta | 5.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Tobias Myers | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Devin Williams | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brooks Raley | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Luke Weaver | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Huascar Brazoban | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 10.2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
St. Louis Cardinals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ Wetherholt | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alec Burleson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pedro Pages | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Thomas Saggese | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Masyn Winn | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Scott II | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ivan Herrera | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Nolan Gorman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jordan Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathan Church | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Liberatore | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| JoJo Romero | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Riley O'Brien | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Justin Bruihl | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordon Graceffo | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Roycroft | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 11.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
Before and after
- Mets · 2026 season · Previous Mar 31, 2026: NYM 0, STL 3 · Next Apr 2, 2026: NYM 2, SF 7
- Cardinals · 2026 season · Previous Mar 31, 2026: NYM 0, STL 3 · Next Apr 3, 2026: STL 0, DET 4