The Mets entered today’s series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals having lost two straight games for the first time in 2025. It was a remarkable sign of the team’s overall competency that they’d managed to avoid a losing streak for that long into the season. And tonight, the Mets prolonged their first three-game losing streak of 2025, as they returned home with a 4-1 victory over the Cardinals.
After being scratched from his scheduled start yesterday due to illness, Griffin Canning took the mound tonight against Andre Pallante. The Mets got their scoring started (and finished, as it would turn out) in the bottom of the second inning when Mark Vientos led off the frame with his first homerun of the 2025 season, an opposite field shot off the foul pole.