All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor drove in three of New York's five runs, with Brandon Nimmo and Jesse Winker accounting for the other two. This loss dropped the Mets to 22-12 on the season, shrinking their lead atop the National League East to 2.5 games for the time being.

Blade Tidwell will be called up by the New York Mets to make his major league debut as the starter Sunday at the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Mets lost the game Sunday afternoon, but they didn’t necessarily lose the day. They dropped the first half of a doubleheader against the Cardinals, 6-5, after falling just short in a bunch of run-scoring chances,