The Mets shut out the Cardinals 3-0 to notch their third win in a row and clinch the series win at Citi Field. This one was a pitchers’ duel between Kodai Senga and Matthew Liberatore. Liberatore got the moral victory of outlasting Senga thanks to his extremely efficient execution, but Senga’s ghost fork was working and he managed to shut down the Cardinals for 5 2⁄3 innings.
The Mets broke through with a pair of runs in the bottom of the third. Luisangel Acuña, who continues to make an impact almost every day, hit a leadoff double on the first pitch he saw from Liberatore.