In his major-league debut, righthander Blade Tidwell got hit around for six runs in 3 2/3 innings. He worked through a ton of traffic on the bases — nine hits, three walks — and managed that mostly fine until the fourth inning, when St. Louis plated four runs on a pair of two-out, two-run singles from Brendan Donovan and Willson Contreras.

Willson Contreras drove in three runs, sparking the Cardinals to a 6-5 victory over the Mets​ in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday.