St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Andre Pallante, right, forces out New York Mets' Luisangel Acuna, left, at first base in the second inning during the second baseball game of a doubleheader, Sunday, May 4, 2025, in St. Louis.

The New York Mets lost 6-5 to the St. Louis Cardinals in the first half of their doubleheader on Sunday afternoon despite their best efforts to come back from a four-run deficit. Starting pitcher Blake Tidwell allowed all six runs across 3.2 innings in his big-league debut, and that was enough to do them in.

Willson Contreras drove in three runs on three hits, including a homer, and Brendan Donovan had two hits and two RBIs to spark the St.

Former Tennessee pitcher Blade Tidwell made his Major League Baseball debut on Sunday for the Mets. St. Louis (15-19) defeated New York (22-12), 6-5, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. The contest was the first of a doubleheader on Sunday between the Mets and Cardinals.

It was pretty exciting.” Bentley, a 12-week-old cavapoo, won’t be at Busch Stadium on Sunday, when Tidwell debuts in the first game of a doubleheader against the Cardinals. But the coincidental circumstances of Tidwell’s call-up allow plenty of others to be.