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4/18/2025 Box Score: Mets 5 St. Louis Cardinals 4
Francisco Lindor# SS 1 for 5; HR; 1 run; 1 RBI; Juan Soto RF 1 for 3; 1 RBI; 1 walk; Pete Alonso 1B 1 for 2; triple; 2 walks; Jesse Winker DH 0 for 3; Starling Marte PH-DH 0 for 1; Mark Vientos 3B 2 for 4; HR; 1 run; 1 RBI; Luisangel Acuña 2B 0 for 0; Brandon Nimmo* LF 1 for 4; 1 run; Luis Torrens C 1 for 4; double; 1 RBI; 1 K; Brett Baty* 2B-3B 1 for 3; double; 1 run; 1 walk; 1 K; Tyrone Taylor CF 1 for 4; triple; 1 run; 1 RBI; David Peterson 5.1 innings; 3 runs; 3 ERs; 7 hits; 9 Ks; Max Kranick 1.2 innings; no runs; 2 Ks; Ryne Stanek 1 inning; no runs; 1 K; Huascar Brazobán (W, 1-0)(BS, 1) 1 inning; 1 run; 1 ER; 1 hit; 1 HR; 3 Ks;
From the Mets 5 Cardinals 4 Post Game Notes:
Mets:
- Earned their second walk-off win of the season... Have gone 7-1 at home this season...Is the sixth time in franchise history that the Mets have started 7-1 or better (also: 2015, 2005, 1986, 1985, 1976)...Have won six straight games against the Cardinals, for the 11th time in franchise history (last: 7 games from 8/22/06 - 6/25/07)...Have earned a walk-off win against the Cardinals in three of their last four seasons.
- Mets pitchers have reached double-digit strikeouts in 11 games this season...The club has struck out 11 or more batters in four of their last five games...Mets pitchers have totaled 194 strikeouts this year, it is tied for the sixth-most strikeouts through the team’s first 20 games in franchise history (also: 2016)...Trails only the 2018 (212K), 2021 (207K), 2022 (201K), 2017 (199K) and 2024 (199K) seasons.
Max Kranick:
- Retired all five batters he faced and stranded an inher-ited runner in the sixth...He has been scoreless in seven of his eight appearances this season, posting a 1.35 ERA (2 ER/13.1 IP)...Has not given up a walk this season (45 BF)...His five scoreless outings of four outs or more are tied for the most in the majors among relief pitchers.
Juan Soto:
- Hit a game-tying RBI single in the fifth inning to knot the score at 2-2...Snapped an 0-12 skid with the hit... Drew a walk in the seventh...His nine games with at least one hit and one walk are tied with Aaron Judge for the most such games in the majors.
Luis Torrens:
- Roped an RBI double down the left field line to put the Mets in front 4-3...It was the 100th RBI of his Major League career...Has six doubles through his first 12 starts, tied with Mike Piazza (2000) for the second-most by a Mets catcher in their first 12 starts of the season...The only Mets catcher with more doubles in their first 12 starts of the season was John Stearns (7, 1980).
David Peterson:
- Made his first career start against the Cardinals, did not factor into the decision after tossing 5.1 innings...Did not issue a walk in his second straight start...Was his third career start with nine or more strikeouts and zero walks (last: 7/1/22 vs. TEX, 10 K).
Francisco Lindor:
- Belted a walk-off home run in the ninth...Was his third career walk-off home run (also: 7/22/17 and 8/18/18)...Became the fifth shortstop in major league history to reach the 250-career home run mark (min. 60% of career games at SS)...Is the 19th active player with 250+ career homers.
Mark Vientos (2-4, HR, RBI, R):
- Blasted a solo home run to left field in the sixth inning to tie the game at 3-3...It is the fifth time in his career that he has homered in back-to-back games...Has hit safely in six straight games, tied for the second-longest hitting streak of his career (last: 8/30/24 - 9/6/24)...Has four extra-base hits in his last five games...Had only two extra-base hits in his first 14 games of the season.
Pete Alonso:
- Tripled to center field in the first inning…Has reached base three times in nine games this season, the most such games in the majors.
Brian Joura Mets360: "Francisco Lindor hit his 250th lifetime HR in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Mets to a 5-4 win over the Cardinals Friday night at Citi Field. It was Lindor’s first walkoff homer as a Met and lifted the team’s record to 13-7, good for first place in the NL East."
Laura Albanese Newsday Mets' Francisco Lindor crushes walk-off homer to lead off ninth in win over Cardinals. "But as he has throughout his Mets tenure, and especially over the last two seasons, Lindor has been laser-focused on the big picture: the men around him, the final score, the march toward legacy and, he hopes, the championship that has eluded him in the 11th season of what may very well be a Hall of Fame career."
NY Post: Mets’ Juan Soto gets Citi Field standing ovation, then snaps skid with clutch hit. "Fans at Citi Field already were growing restless over Juan Soto’s early season slump, but many in the home crowd stood and cheered the $765 million man as he strode to the plate with a runner on third base and the Mets trailing by one run in the fifth inning Friday night. Those cheers grew louder when the skidding Soto ripped an 0-1 changeup to right field for a game-tying RBI single against St. Louis starter Miles Mikolas in an eventual 5-4 win over the Cardinals on Francisco Lindor’s walk-off homer in the ninth."
NY Daily News: The Mets (13-7) did a lot of good things and Lindor was quick to point out that the game wasn’t about him. And it wasn’t the first time his heroics have helped the Mets earn tough victories, but it did serve to highlight his accomplishments. Often overlooked in the NL and in New York City, this game was a reminder of all he can do.
NY Post: Francisco Lindor crushes walk-off homer to give Mets thrilling win over Cardinals. "The game could have been over several times, and the momentum evaporated in the top of the ninth. Manager Carlos Mendoza gave a one-run lead to Huascar Brazobán because Edwin Diaz had pitched on consecutive days, and the first batter he saw — Brendan Donovan — bounced a home run off the netting along the right-field foul pole. But on a night of bouncing back, Brazobán did, too, and struck out the next three hitters."
Mets YouTube Channel: Mets 5 Cardinals 4 Game Highlights 4/18/25
Mets YouTube Channel: Francisco Lindor, David Peterson, Carlos Mendoza Post Game Reactions - 4/18/25
Yahoo Sports/Mets:
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- Mets will need to make bullpen decision with Dedniel Nunez nearing return
- Mets' likely Luisangel Acuña-Brett Baty decision has become even more challenging
- Francisco Lindor hits walk-off homer to keep Mets in 1st place with win over Cardinals
- Francisco Lindor Sends Mark Vientos Message After Cardinals Game
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Syracuse:
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Today in Mets History Per Ultimatemets.com:
Born on this date:
- Frank Viola (1960)
- Brent Mayne (1968)
- Ambiorix Burgos (1984)
- Jackie Bradley Jr. (1990)
- Tyler Jay (1994)
Transactions:
New York Mets traded Tim Foli and Greg Field to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Frank Taveras on April 19, 1979.
1968 | Nolan Ryan makes quick work of the Dodgers when he strikes out the side on nine pitches in the top of the third inning of the Mets' 3-2 loss at Shea Stadium. The 21 year-old New York fireballer, who will also accomplish the feat with the Angels in 1972, strikes out 11 batters in 7.1 frames, including Claude Osteen, Wes Parker, and Zoilo Versalles, the victims of his immaculate inning. |
1979 | The Mets trade Tim Foli, along with minor league prospect Greg Field, to the Pirates in exchange for second baseman Frank Taveras. Foli, appearing in 133 games, will play a significant role in the club's world championship this season, batting .291 and providing solid defense at shortstop for the Bucs. |
1987 | In the 4000th game in franchise history, the Mets drop a 4-2 decision to St. Louis at Busch Stadium. The reigning World Champs, who started as an expansion team in 1962, have won exactly half of their last 1000 games, posting a 500-498-2 record during the span that began on July 19, 1980. |
1997 | The Cubs lose their 13th consecutive game to match the longest losing streak in the franchise's 122-year history. Reliever Turk Wendell, wearing #13, is tagged with the loss when Chicago drops a 6-3 decision to Mets at Shea Stadium. |
1998 | Equaling their largest margin of victory when keeping an opponent scoreless, the Mets rout Cincinnati at Cinergy Field, 14-0. Outfielder Bernard Gilkey crosses the plate in the first, third, fifth, seventh, and eighth inning, becoming only one of four players in franchise history to score five runs in one game. |
1998 | The Devil Rays, en route to finishing last in the AL East, improve their record to 10-6, beating the Angels at Anaheim, 6-0, becoming the first expansion team to be four games over .500 at any point in their inaugural season. In contrast, the 1962 Mets posted a 3-13 mark in the first 16 games in the history of the franchise. |
2005 | David Wright's seventh-inning grand slam at Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park establishes a club record for home runs hit in a game. The Mets go deep seven times (Reyes-2, Diaz-2, Piazza, Wright, and Mientkiewicz) when they rout the Phillies, 16-4. |
2013 | According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Matt Harvey becomes the first pitcher in modern major league history to win his first four games while giving up less than a total of ten hits. The 24 year-old Mets right-hander easily outduels his mound opponent, Washington's former phenom, Stephen Strasburg, prompting the Citi Field crowd to start chanting, "Har-vee's be-tter, "Har-vee's be-tter." |
2010: The Mets' youngsters are in evidence in a 6 - 1 win over the Cubs. Jonathon Niese picks up the win with a solid effort over 5 2/3 innings; Jenrry Mejia, the youngest player in the National League, pitches the final two innings; and 1B Ike Davis goes 2 for 4 with an RBI in his major league debut. Angel Pagan adds a homer off James Russell, who suffers his first major league loss for Chicago.
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