ST. LOUIS — Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff residence run, Jeff McNeil had a three-run shot and the New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 on Friday night time for his or her third straight victory.

Joey Lucchesi (2-0) settled in after St. Louis loaded the bases in opposition to him within the first ininng and allowed 4 hits, walked two and struck out 5 in 5 2/3 scoreless innings in his first main league begin since May 13 at Washington.

“I went to college an hour from here, so I guess I was just thinking about that a lot,” mentioned Luchessi, a former Southeast Missouri State pitcher, “It’s been a while since I had my last start here. I just wanted to do well. After that, I was like, it’s just baseball, take it easy.”

Nimmo drove the third pitch he noticed from Zack Thompson (2-5) into the center-field bleachers for his 18th residence run. It was his fourth leadoff residence run this season and the eleventh of his profession, and gave him a 10-game hitting streak.

“That was a new career high for him in home runs,” Mets supervisor Buck Showalter mentioned. “He won’t say much about it, but that’s big for him. Nimmo’s always been a guy who can spray it around. When you start talking about leadoff hitters in the game, he’s got to be in the conversation.”

Thompson allowed two runs on six hits and walked a batter in 5 innings in his second main league begin of the season for the Cardinals. They dropped their third straight.

PHOTOS: Nimmo, McNeil homer to assist Mets beat Cardinals 7-1 for his or her third straight win

“I got the pitch count up a little bit early,” Thompson mentioned. “Then, I thought I did a good job of settling in, pitching to contact a little bit there later, giving a chance to save a little bit of the bullpen.”

Francisco Lindor hit a two-out single, superior to second when Francisco Alvarez walked and scored on Jeff McNeil’s single up the center to broaden the Mets’ result in 2-0 within the third inning.

McNeil hit his sixth residence run of the season to proper area off James Naile to cap a five-run seventh inning that noticed the Mets pull forward 7-0.

“Nobody hit for a higher average than him in the world last year at the highest level,” Showalter mentioned. “It’s been some good days, and I’m glad to see him get a reminder of how good he is.”

Richie Palacios hit a two-out RBI double to left area within the backside of the ninth inning to spoil the Mets’ bid for his or her sixth shutout of the season.

WINNING SEASON

Masyn Winn, a 2020 Cardinals second-round draft decide, went 1 for 4 and began at shortstop in his main league debut. He hit a dribbler down the third-base line within the fifth for his first hit.

ROSTER MOVES

Mets: Optioned RHP Grant Hartwig to Triple-A Syracuse and recalled Lucchesi.

Cardinals: Placed OF Lars Nootbaar (decrease stomach contusion) on the 10-day injured record and recalled Winn from Triple-A Memphis.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: RHP Ryan Helsley (proper forearm) pressure allowed one hit and walked a batter in 1/3 of an inning in a rehabilitation look for Triple-A Memphis. Helsley underwent an MRI after experiencing discomfort after his earlier outing Sunday for Double-A Springfield.

UP NEXT

Mets RHP Kodai Senga (9-6, 3.30 ERA) was set to start out Saturday in opposition to RHP Miles Mikolas (6-8, 4.27 ERA).

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