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Put it in the books! The Mets defeat the Cardinals 4-2 as they take the first game of this three game series in St. Louis. #LGM Photo by @athletelogos

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Juan Soto walks to drive in Jared Young and and the Mets now lead 4-1

Jared Young hits an RBI double to score Brett Baty and increases the Mets lead to 3-1 as they bat in the top of the sixth inning

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Bo Bichette gives the Mets to lead as he drives in Carson Benge with an RBI single. Mets lead 2-1 in the middle of the fifth inning

Bo drives in another! 👏

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The Pirates-Mets 1 p.m. ET game on Thursday averaged 2.3 million viewers across NBC and Peacock, marking it the most-watched Opening Day afternoon game on record. Via @AnthonyRieber

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Clay Holmes strikeout thread: 🔎

Nice play by Bichette

Bo Bichette hits an RBI groundout to score Francisco Lindor and gives the Mets a 1-0 lead as they back in the top of the first inning.

Carlos Mendoza says that Jorge Polanco's Achilles flared up after the second game against the Pirates, which is why he is DHing again today

This evening’s Mets starting lineup against the Cardinals RHP Kyle Leahy #LGM #MetsTwitter Lindor SS Soto. LF Bichette. 3B Polanco. DH Baty. RF Young. 1B Semien. 2B Benge. CF Alvarez. C Holmes. RHP

Good morning #MetsTwitter! Well like Meatloaf once said “Two out of three ain’t bad” #LGM

I love the honesty and the humor. He is going to be just fine in New York.

FINAL/10: Pirates 4, Mets 3 WP: Dennis Santana LP: Richard Lovelady SV: Jose Urquidy 📰 Mets pitchers walked eight batters. This time, their hitters couldn't engineer a comeback. 📊 Record: 2-1 📉 Streak: L1 🏃‍♂️ Pace: 108-54 Next: Monday @ STL, 7:45 p.m. ET

You can’t win them all. But at least the Mets won the series. #LGM

6-4-3God bless the GDP