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06/10 21:13 CDT Jordan Walker powers the Cardinals past the Mets 9-2 for their
6th straight victory
Jordan Walker powers the Cardinals past the Mets 9-2 for their 6th straight
victory
By LARRY FLEISHER
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) --- Jordan Walker homered and drove in four runs, his latest big
game in a breakout season, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets
9-2 on Wednesday night to match a season high with their sixth straight victory.
St. Louis starter Andre Pallante (7-4) allowed two runs and three hits in six
innings. Pallante earned his third straight win and surpassed his win total
from 2025 when he finished 6-15.
Walker knocked in the first run with an RBI single off New York opener Austin
Warren (1-3) in a two-run first. Walker gave the Cardinals a 7-0 lead in the
fourth by hammering David Peterson's fastball into the center-field seats for a
three-run shot.
Walker's single and 401-foot drive gave him 52 RBIs, one more than his previous
career best set in his rookie season. He also surpassed his previous high by
hitting his 17th homer, and he has at least one RBI in five straight games.
The 24-year-old Walker had multiple hits for the fifth time in six games and is
batting .424 over his last seven games.
Nelson Velzquez preceded Walker's homer with a two-run shot in the third to
give the Cardinals a 4-0 lead. Alec Burlerson homered for the second straight
night in the ninth and extended his hitting streak to 10 games.
St. Louis has outscored the Mets 16-2 in the first two games of the three-game
series.
Masyn Winn added an RBI and reached base three times. Jos Fermn provided an
RBI single as the Cardinals won a sixth straight game for the second time this
year.
Francisco Alvarez hit a two-run homer in his second game back after missing
four weeks with a torn meniscus in his knee, but the Mets were held to three
hits. Juan Soto was 0 for 3 and is mired in a 3-for-30 skid.
Warren threw 33 pitches to seven hitters in his second appearance as an opener.
Peterson was tagged for six runs and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Up next
St. Louis RHP Hunter Dobbins (1-0, 2.77 ERA) faces New York RHP Christian Scott
(2-0, 2.50) in the series finale Thursday afternoon.
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