Dustin May tossed a gem and he finally got the run support he deserves as the St. Louis Cardinals and their bats made a loud entrance into the Big Apple as they beat the New York Mets Tuesday night.

I’m delighted to tell you that it will take awhile to explain how the Cardinals jumped out to an early lead against the Mets Tuesday night. The fun didn’t really get started until the top of the 3rd inning when Nolan Gorman led off with a walk. That, in and of itself, is a victory. Nathan Church followed that with a double that trickled down the left field line as Gorman advanced to third and Church sped into second. JJ Wetherholt decided it was time that the St. Louis Cardinals finally start taking better advantage of runners in scoring position as he whacked a single to right-center scoring both Gorman and Church.

After Ivan Herrera was hit by a pitch (again…don’t even get me started), Alec Burleson struck out (which he would more than redeem himself for later), Jordan Walker crushed a 88 mph changeup to left for a double scoring JJ Wetherholt with Herrera advancing to third (which would be important soon). That gave St. Louis a 3-0 lead.

St. Louis would add one more run in a sneaky way before the top of the 3rd inning ended as Lars Nootbaar grounded out to second, but Herrera made a delayed break for home and scored on the play making it 4-0 Cardinals.

In the top of the 5th inning, St. Louis would continue to pile on the Mets. After Ivan Herrera singled on a misjudgment by the Mets centerfielder Ewing, it was Alec Burleson went the other way with a 78 mph curveball that didn’t curve enough as he launched it over the left field wall for a 2-run homer giving the Cardinals a commanding 6-0 lead.

I’ve shared a lot about the St. Louis Cardinals offense Tuesday night and for good reason, but it needs to be said that Dustin May was dealing. He didn’t really allow the Mets to get any kind of momentum other than the bottom of the 4th inning when he allowed two singles and then Nathan Church made a catch in deep center where he did one of the best tornado impressions you’ll ever see. Dustin gave St. Louis a strong 6 innings tossing 101 pitches allowing only 4 hits while striking out 6 and walking just 1 with no earned runs. Brilliant.

If you thought that the St. Louis Cardinals would surely have just coasted the rest of the game, you would be wrong. The Cardinals would continue the scoring parade as Ivan Herrera led off the top of the 7th inning with a line drive to right field that the Mets Carson Benge seemed to dive too far for as the ball went over his glove to the outfield wall. Herrera was only able to turn it into a double as a triple would have been rubbing it in apparently. He still scored, though, as Alec Burleson continued his great night with a double into the right field corner scoring Herrera giving the Cardinals a touchdown lead of 7-0. Extra point is good!

Nathan Church made the most of his return to the active roster as he went 3 for 4 Tuesday night. Ivan Herrera also had 3 hits and Alec Burleson now has a 9-game hitting streak.

Justin Bruihl was the Cardinals bullpen answer for the 7th and 8th inning Tuesday night. He had a drama-free outing which is nice to be able to say. Matt Svanson was tasked with being the Cardinals “closer” and had no problems keeping the Mets from doing anything positive (from a Mets perspective).

The St. Louis Cardinals will try to win the series against the New York Mets Wednesday night as Andre Pallante takes the mound for St. Louis. The Mets will ask Christian Scott to try and stop the Cardinals. Good luck with that, Mr. Scott. You’ll need it. First pitch is set for 6:10pm central time as the game broadcast will be handled by Cardinals.tv.

The Mets lost to the Cardinals, 7-0, in the opener of a three-game series on Tuesday night at Citi Field.

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Here are the takeaways...

- After two sharp innings, Freddy Peralta unraveled in the third.

He started the frame by walking No. 8 hitter Nolan Gorman before giving up a double down the left field line to Nathan Church. JJ Wetherholt then ripped the first pitch he saw from Peralta into center field for a two-run single to make it 2-0 St. Louis.

After Peralta hit Ivan Herrera with a pitch and struck out Alec Burleson, Jordan Walker doubled to bring in the Cardinals' third run of the inning. Then, on a ground out, Herrera used a delayed break home and got in just under the tag of Francisco Alvarez to increase the Cardinals' lead to 4-0.

The issues continued for Peralta in the fifth inning, when he served up a two-run homer to Burleson to make it 6-0 St. Louis.

Overall, Peralta allowed six runs on six hits while walking two, hitting two, and striking out five. He threw 98 pitches, with 58 going for strikes. His ERA for the season rose to 4.04.

- The Mets had a chance in the fourth inning with runners on first and second and two outs. Marcus Semien drilled a 101 mph fly ball 401 feet to center field, but it landed in the glove of Church, who made a basket catch to save two runs.

- Cardinals starter Dustin May shut down the Mets' offense, firing six shutout innings while allowing just four hits, walking one, and striking out six.

May entered Tuesday's start with a 4.59 ERA and 1.29 WHIP, though his 3.36 FIP suggested he was getting a bit unlucky on balls in play. 

- In his first game back from the IL, Alvarez ripped a single to center field his first time up. He finished 1-for-3.

- Juan Soto, who had been mired in an 0-for-16 slump, lined a single to center field in the fourth inning.

- A.J. Ewing stayed hot, going 2-for-4 with a double and single to extend his hitting streak to six games.

Highlights

Marcus Semien runs it down and Jared Young fields the one-hop throw! pic.twitter.com/nc2P1uaeo7

— SNY (@SNYtv) June 9, 2026

A one-out double for A.J. Ewing! pic.twitter.com/3UHTiN8qkO

— SNY (@SNYtv) June 9, 2026

Welcome back, Francisco Alvarez! pic.twitter.com/dSwPB8MV3A

— SNY (@SNYtv) June 10, 2026

Juan Soto with a base hit to snap his 0-for-16 stretch pic.twitter.com/5y6B4XKIsX

— SNY (@SNYtv) June 10, 2026

A.J. Ewing stays with it and makes the leaping catch! pic.twitter.com/5GOvI4Klvs

— SNY (@SNYtv) June 10, 2026

What's next

The Mets and Cardinals continue their series on Wednesday at 7:10 p.m. on SNY.

Christian Scott gets the start against Andre Pallante.

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The San Francisco Giants continue this three-game series against the Washington Nationals tonight from Oracle Park.

Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Adrian Houser, who enters tonight’s game with a 5.49 ERA, 5.27 FIP, with 40 strikeouts to 24 walks in 60.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 12-9 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday, in which he allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits with five strikeouts and three walks in four and a third innings.

He’ll be facing off against Nationals left-hander Andrew Alvarez, who enters tonight’s game with a 3.54 ERA, 3.11 FIP, with 22 strikeouts to six walks in 20.1 innings pitched. His last start was in the Nationals’ 4-1 loss to the Miami Marlins last Wednesday, in which he allowed one run on four hits with five strikeouts and a walk in four and two thirds innings.

Game #68

Who: San Francisco Giants (27-40) vs. Washington Nationals (34-33)

Where: Oracle Park, San Francisco, California

When: 6:45 p.m. PT

Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area

National broadcast: n/a

Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM, KSFN 1510 AM

Just when the Nats looked dead in the water, they came back in the 9th with Daylen Lile and CJ Abrams delivering the big hits. Now they will look to carry that momentum into this game where they have a chance to claim another series win. The late night Nats are back in action folks.

Blake Butera is going lefty heavy against Giants starter Adrian Houser, who performs significantly worse against lefties. That means Curtis Mead will be on the bench for Jorbit Vivas. Jose Tena will also get the start at DH. The only true right handed hitter in the lineup today is Jacob Young, who replaces Dylan Crews in center. Drew Millas will get the nod over Keibert Ruiz behind the dish. Andrew Alvarez will be on the mound tonight.

lineup readers be like "yep that's a lineup"

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— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) June 9, 2026

The Giants are making a couple changes at the bottom of their order. Jonah Cox will be in center field over Drew Gilbert. Daniel Susac will do the catching tonight as well. Otherwise it is the same lineup as the one Tony Vitello rolled out yesterday. As mentioned before, veteran Adrian Houser will be on the bump.

Giants 6/9

C. Schmitt LF
R. Devers 1B
L. Arraez 2B
W. Adames SS
J. Hoo Lee RF
B. Eldridge DH
M. Chapman 3B
D. Susac C
J. Cox CF

A. Houser SP

— Underdog MLB (@UnderdogMLB) June 9, 2026

Game Info:

Stadium: Oracle Park

Time: 9:45 PM EST

TV: Nationals.TV

Radio: 106.7 The Fan

Last night was an uplifting win for the Nats, who made a 9th inning comeback for the first time this year. Now they will look to wrap up another series win on the west coast. Follow along in the comments down below and let’s go Nats!

Freddie Freeman singled in the seventh inning on Tuesday night at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, giving him 2,500 career hits, the 102nd player in MLB history to reach that milestone.

No. 2,500 for Freeman was hit off Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Brandan Bidois, and RBI single that brought home the Dodgers’ 10th run of a very long inning.

Freeman, who doubled earlier in the game off Paul Skenes, has been hot of late, hitting .357/.429/.686 with six home runs and five doubles over his last 18 games.

This milestone comes almost three years after Freeman collected his 2,000th hit, an RBI double off Houston Astros right-hander Ryan Montero on June 25, 2023 at Dodger Stadium. With the Dodgers, Freeman also hit his 300th career home run (on May 18, 2023 in St. Louis), his 400th double (July 28, 2022 in Denver), and his 500th double (August 6, 2024 at home against the Philadelphia Phillies), the 10th-youngest player to reach the latter milestone.

Freeman is the active MLB leader in career hits, doubles (563), runs scored (1,414), RBI (1,358), extra-base hits (974), and total bases (4,262).

Since signing with the Dodgers in 2022, Freeman has 796 hits, second in the majors during that span, behind only Luis Arráez. Of the 102 players with at least 2,500 career hits, only seven have collected their 2,500th hit while playing for the Dodgers. Freeman is the first to do so since Manny Ramírez on April 10, 2010.

Player	Date	Age	Opponent	Pitcher	Inning	Hit
Zach Wheat	May 12, 1925	36.354	Reds	Eppa Rixey	7th	double
Max Carey	Jun 29, 1927	37.169	at Phillies	Alex Ferguson	3rd	single
Heinie Manush	Sep 21, 1937	36.063	at Cardinals	Norbert Kleinke	7th	single
Eddie Murray	Sep 30, 1991	35.218	Padres	Dennis Rasmussen	3rd	single
Luis Gonzalez	Sep 21, 2007	40.018	at D-backs	Bob Wickman	7th	single
Manny Ramírez	Apr 10, 2010	37.315	at Marlins	Josh Johnson	5th	single
Freddie Freeman	Jun 9, 2026	36.270	at Pirates	Brandan Bidois	7th	single

In Freeman’s career, 1,305 of his 2,500 hits (52.3 percent) have come on the road. He has 1,794 hits against right-handed pitchers, and 706 hits against left-handers.

Freeman now has 89 career hits against the Pirates, and has 39 career hits in 38 career games at PNC Park.

TONIGHT’S GAME: The Houston Astros (31-37) continue a six-game road trip with the second game of a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels tonight at Angel Stadium (25-42).

RHP Kai-Wei Teng (3-4, 3.06 ERA) will be on the mound for the Astros, opposite RHP Walbert Ureña (3-4, 2.68 ERA) and the Halos. The Astros have won 11 of their last 17 games.

MY WAY OR THE KAI-WEI: RHP Kai-Wei Teng has split his season between the bullpen (13g) and rotation (6 starts), posting a 3.06 ERA (16ER/47IP), a .204 opponent average, and a 1.17 WHIP.

Teng is new to the Astros organization, as he was acquired from San Francisco on Jan. 29, 2026 in exchange for minor league catching prospect Jancel Villarroel. A native of Taiwan, Teng is the second Taiwanese-born player to appear with the Astros in their history, joining RHP Chia Jen-Lo, who made 19 relief appearances with the Astros in 2013.

ROAD TRIP: Tonight is the second game of six game road trip for the Astros. The Astros are facing the Angels for a three-game series before traveling to Kansas City to face the Royals for another three-game series.

The Astros are 15-18 on the road this season and went 7-3 on their last road trip.

THE LAST 23: Since May 15, the Astros are 14-9 thanks in large part to their pitching, which has produced a 3.54 ERA (81ER/206IP) and a .195 opponent average, which ranks second in the Majors in that span. Their bullpen has been even better in those last 23 games, working to a 2.75 ERA (24ER/78.2IP) and posting a league-best .165 opponent average.

MAKING THE PLAYS: The Astros have committed the fewest errors in the AL (25) and have posted the best fielding percentage (.989) in the AL, topping the Royals (.988).

Among all Major League teams, only the Padres (20) and Dodgers (22) have committed fewer errors than the Astros.

IN THE CLUTCH: C Christian Vázquez is batting .423 (11×26) with 10 runs, four doubles, 14 RBI and a 1.077 OPS (.500 OBP / .577 SLG) with runners in scoring position this season. In the AL, he ranks tied for fourth in batting average, sixth in OPS and sixth in on-base percentage with runners in scoring position (min. 25 PA).

TODAY’S ROSTER MOVE: The Astros placed IF/OF LaMonte Wade Jr. on the 10-day IL due to a right hamstring strain. To take his place on the active roster, the Astros recalled OF Joey Loperfido from Triple A Sugar Land.

VS. THE HALOS: The Astros and Angels are facing each other for the second time this season.. The last time was on Opening Weekend at Daikin Park, where the two teams split the four-game series.

The Astros went 8-5 against the Angels last season, including a 4-2 record at Angel Stadium. The Astros own a 141-90 all-time record against the Angels, including a 67-46 record at Angel Stadium.

ON THE LEADERBOARD: DH Yordan Alvarez leads the Majors in OPS (1.066), and total bases (154) and leads the AL in home runs (22). Also in the AL, he ranks tied for first in RBI (48), tied for first in extra-base hits (35), second in OBP (.427), second in SLG (.639), tied for second in hits (75), third in batting average (.311), fourth in runs (46), and fourth in walks (45).

ON THE MEND: C Yainer Diaz will begin a rehab assignment with Triple A Sugar Land.

RHP Cristian Javier had his rehab assignment transferred to Triple A Sugar Land, where he will start tonight.

AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Yesterday, OF Yordan Alvarez was named the AL Player of the Week for the week of June 1-7.

For the week, he batted .476 (10×21) with 6 runs, 1 double, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 5 walks and a 1.386 OPS. This marked his second AL Player of the Week award this season, also won for the week March 30-April 5.

HIT PAREDES: IF Isaac Paredes is one double away from recording his 100th career double. He is looking to become just the 4th Mexican-born player in MLB history with 500 career hits, 100 doubles and 100 home runs, joining IF Vinny Castilla, IF Jorge Orta and IF Aurelio Rodríguez.

WALKER, TEXAS HAMMER: 1B Christian Walker ranks tied for first in the AL in RBI with teammate DH Yordan Alvarez (48).

Walker also ranks fourth in the AL in total bases (125), tied for fourth in extra-base hits (29), fourth in total bases (125), tied for seventh in home runs (16) and 10th in SLG (.500).

In the field, Walker has not committed an error in 66 games.

TODAY IN ASTROS HISTORY: 2019 – DH Yordan Alvarez went 1×3 with a 2-run home run to center field in the 4th inning. At the time of his debut, he became the seventh Astro in club history to homer in his Major League debut. Alvarez went on to win 2019 AL Rookie of the Year honors.

Game Info

Game Date/Time: Tuesday, June 9, 8:38 p.m. CT

Location: Angel Stadium, Anaheim, CA

TV: Space City Home Network

Radio: KTRH 740 AM, KBME 790 AM & 94.5 FM HD2; TUDN 102.9 FM HD2 (Spanish)

Don’t forget to vote today!

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— Houston Astros (@astros) June 9, 2026

Tonight’s Lineup Against the Astros #RepTheHalo#GoHalos#Angelspic.twitter.com/aNkveKnc3W

— Halos In The Infield (@HalosInfield) June 9, 2026

How will these two teams follow up last night’s homer barrage? We’re about to find out as the A’s take on the Brewers for the second of three tonight in Las Vegas, looking to right the ship and get back in the win column on a hot spring evening in a Triple-A ballpark. The A’s have fallen to 31-35 and now sit 3 1/2 back of the Mariners in the AL West and they’ve fallen out of a Wild Card spot. Time to get out groove back, and quickly.

The starter tonight will be right-hander J.T. Ginn, who’s getting the call for his 12th start of the season. The 27-year-old continues to be on an absolute roll in what is shaping up to be his breakout year. In his past six starts he’s allowed just six runs spanning 36 1/3 frames. Overall on the year he has a 2.74 ERA but an even better 2.45 as a starting pitcher. Can Ginn, a groundball specialist, keep the ball in the park tonight? Tonight is a difficult test for any pitcher but if anyone can post a good line tonight in the hot desert weather it’s Ginn.

Here’s how the Athletics will line up for tonight’s contest:

Day ✌️ in Vegas pic.twitter.com/RCgBvi6M9z

— Athletics (@Athletics) June 9, 2026

No Brent Rooker tonight as he heads to the bench. With a lefty on the opposing mound manager Mark Kotsay is filling tonight’s lineup with lots of right-handed hitters, starting with right fielder/leadoff man Colby Thomas. He’ll be followed by Nick Kurtz, Shea Langeliers (tonight’s DH), Tyler Soderstrom and the recently-activated Max Muncy, who gets the second straight start at the hot corner tonight after going just 1-for-5 in his first game back.

The bottom half of the lineup is all right-handed hitters. With Langeliers DH’ing tonight it’ll be Jonah Heim behind the plate catching Ginn and the bullpen this evening. Henry Bolte seems to be your everyday center fielder at this point so no surprise to see him in there behind Heim. And then Zack Gelof gets the second straight nod at second base again, keeping left-hander Jeff McNeil on the bench. Alika Williams brings up the rear manning shortstop and batting ninth.

That starting nine will be facing Brewers lefty Robert Glasser. The 27-year-old has been one of the Brewers’ top pitching prospects in recent years but had Tommy John surgery in June 2024 that had kept him on the shelf for a year-plus. He’s finally healthy and in the Brewers’ rotation but has only made three starts, allowing seven runs in 13 1/3 innings of work so far. He is coming off a five-inning, one-run performance last time out against the Giants but they’ve struggled offensively all year, the A’s have bigger bats and we’re playing in a minor league park. Those three things aren’t exactly favoring a low-scoring performance tonight for Gasser.

And Milwaukee’s lineup for tonight’s contest:

Keeping the party going in Vegas tonight

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📻: WTMJ #ThisIsMyCrew x @NicoletLawpic.twitter.com/q7YpslOpGn

— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) June 10, 2026

More or less the same lineup as last night, and after that performance why change things up if your Brewers skipper Pat Murphy? We do have two small changes at the bottom where Sal Frelick gets into the starting nine over Andrew Vaugh, and then we’ll also see David Hamilton take over at shortstop for Joey Ortiz.

Will the Las Vegas heat cause another homer galore tonight? Will J.T. Ginn be able to keep the ball in the ballpark? How many long balls get hit tonight? And most importantly, can the Athletics bounce back and get a win? Let’s go A’s!

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Ah, jeez. The frustrations continue for Ronald Acuña Jr. and his wheels, as he had to exit Tuesday’s game against the Chicago White Sox with an apparent lower leg injury.

With one out in the top of the fourth inning, Acuña hit a ground ball deep to the left side of the infield. Chicago third baseman Miguel Vargas’ throw bounced to first and just barely beat Acuña but that happened after Acuña started to limp once he got close to first base. Acuña appeared visibly frustrated as he was taking off his batting gloves and limped off the field and into the visitors’ clubhouse. Acuña was replaced by Eli White in the outfield.

Ronald Acuña Jr. was limping after running hard down the first base line.

Eli White replaces him in right field. pic.twitter.com/Pz3otRxNty

— Jesús Cano (@Jesus_Cano88) June 10, 2026

We’ll have more on the situation as it develops but for now, it’s once again time to cross our fingers and hope that this isn’t on the more severe side of injuries for the star outfielder. We’ll see what happens.

UPDATE [9:54 p.m. ET]: The Braves have reported that Acuña is dealing with “left hamstring tightness” and yes, that’s the same hamstring that he strained just over a month ago. Hopefully this is more of the “day-to-day” variety and not anything more serious than that.

OF Ronald Acuña Jr. was removed from tonight’s game due to left hamstring tightness.

— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) June 10, 2026

UPDATE [Post-game]: Walt Weiss spoke with the media following Tuesday’s game and informed the media that they believe that Acuña’s latest hamstring injury “isn’t as bad as the one that landed him on the IL” and that he’s currently day-to-day. Nonetheless, he’s getting an MRI so we aren’t out of the woods just yet.

Ronald Acuña Jr. says that he will get an MRI on his hamstring tomorrow. He felt it tighten up a couple of steps before first base. Manager Walt Weiss says that he is day-to-day, and the injury isn't as bad as the one that landed Acuña Jr. on the IL earlier this year.

— Barrett Sallee 🇺🇸 (@BarrettSallee) June 10, 2026

While the attention of many sports fans might have been turned to Madison Square Garden and the NBA Finals on Monday night, about 2,500 miles away, there was a rather bizarre baseball game taking place.

The Brewers visited the Athletics at Las Vegas Ballpark, marking the first time the A’s have played in Vegas since their move there was announced.

Milwaukee came away with a 15-14 victory in 12 innings. The 29 combined runs scored broke the MLB season high of 25 set in the Giants’ 19-6 win over the Rockies on May 31. The Brewers outhit the A’s by a small margin, 18-16.

As expected for a minor league park, the ball was flying out of Las Vegas Ballpark on Monday as the two clubs combined for 11 homers.

The Athletics were responsible for seven, and four just between Nick Kurtz and Tyler Soderstrom.

Andrew Vaughn, who homered for Milwaukee, led the team with four RBIs. Three other Brewers, Brice Turang, William Contreras, and Jake Bauers, had three RBIs apiece. Tyler Soderstrom matched Vaughn and led his own squad with four RBIs alongside two home runs.

On the other side, the Brewers and A’s each used seven pitchers in contest, and the staffs threw a total of 441 pitches, a season high.

The starters, Kyle Harrison for the Brewers and Jeffrey Springs for the Athletics, allowed a combined 13 runs. It was the longest game thus far this season, taking four hours and 14 minutes.

After heading into extras tied 10-10, each team scored four runs in the tenth inning to keep things tied 14-14. The 11th inning saw no runs scored, but in the top of the 12th, automatic runner Christian Yelich scored the deciding run when A’s second baseman Jeff McNeil threw wide to home on a grounder by Turang.

The Central Division-leading Brewers have been slugging the past few days, having scored seven or more runs in their last five games.

The A’s are expected to move into their new ballpark in Las Vegas for the start of the 2028 season.