Burleson homers and drives in 3 to back May as Cardinals blank Mets 7-0
for 5th straight win
[June 10, 2026]
By JERRY BEACH
NEW YORK (AP) — Alec Burleson homered and drove in
three runs Tuesday night to power the surging St. Louis Cardinals to a
7-0 victory over the New York Mets.
Dustin May tossed six solid innings to snap a seven-start winless streak
for the Cardinals, who have won five straight games — one shy of their
season high. |
St. Louis Cardinals' Iván Herrera (48) celebrates with Alec Burleson
(41) after they scored on a two-run home run by Burleson during the
fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets Tuesday, June
9, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) |
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JJ Westerholt’s two-run double against Freddy Peralta (4-5)
sparked a four-run third. Jordan Walker had an RBI double and
Lars Nootbaar added a run-scoring groundout later in the inning.
Burleson hit a two-run shot to left field in the fifth before
lacing an RBI double off Joey Gerber in the seventh. The
three-RBI game was the fifth this season for Burleson, who
entered Tuesday tied for seventh in the NL in RBIs.
Iván Herrera had three hits and was plunked twice in five plate
appearances. He scored three times. Nathan Church, just off the
injured list, also got three hits and robbed Marcus Semien of a
two-run double with a basket catch in center field to end the
fourth.
May (4-6) allowed four hits and struck out six with one walk.
The red-haired right-hander was 0-4 with a 3.86 ERA since his
previous win April 21.
A.J. Ewing had two hits for the Mets, who were blanked for the
seventh time — one shy of their total from last season.
Francisco Alvarez was 1 for 3 in his return from a right knee
injury.
Peralta gave up six runs and struck out five with two walks over
six innings.
Up next
Cardinals right-hander Andre Pallante (6-4, 3.96 ERA) starts
against Mets opener Austin Warren (1-2, 2.01) in the middle game
of the series Wednesday night.
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