New York Mets vs St. Louis Cardinals Match Player Stats On May 05, 2021

Tomas Nido, Kevin Pillar and Jonathan Villar drove in two runs each to power the visiting New York Mets past the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 in the second game of a doubleheader Wednesday.

The result ended the Cardinals' winning streak, which reached six games after St. Louis took the first game of the twin bill 4-1.

In Game 2, Mets manager Luis Rojas deployed reliever Miguel Castro for one scoreless inning as his opener before turning to Jordan Yamamoto for 2 2/3 innings. Yamamoto (1-0) earned the victory by allowing one run on four hits with no walks and one strikeout.

Losing pitcher Johan Oviedo (0-1) gave up four runs on five hits in four innings. He finished with two strikeouts and no walks.

The Mets broke out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning. Dominic Smith led off with a single and raced to third on Pillar's double. Oviedo retired Villar and Jose Peraza on fly balls, but a wild pitch scored Smith, and Nido then ripped a two-run homer.

The Cardinals threatened in the bottom of the second. Ali Sanchez hit a two-out double, but he was thrown out easily while trying to score on Oviedo's single.

Villar's solo homer in the fourth inning put the Mets up 4-0.

The Cardinals cut the deficit to three in the bottom of the inning. Tyler O'Neill was hit by a pitch leading off, and he stole second base and moved to third on a groundout. Dylan Carlson drove him in with a two-out pinch single.

The Mets pushed their lead to 6-1 in the fifth inning. Pillar lined a RBI single into right field, and Villar followed with a run-scoring infield single.

The Cardinals got within 6-2 in the sixth inning when Harrison Bader hit a double and scored on Justin Williams' pinch single.

The Mets tacked on another run in the seventh inning on Pillar's RBI grounder.

--Field Level Media