Rain Delay Sparks Suspense: Mets-Cardinals Doubleheader Set to Rewrite Weekend Showdown

Rain had other plans on Saturday in St. Louis, delaying the Cardinals’ matchup with the Mets and forcing a doubleheader split on Sunday instead. The Mets, riding a nine-game hot streak against the Cards—including a convincing 9-3 win Friday night—are aiming to close out the season series on a high note after their recent clean sweep at Citi Field. With excitement buzzing, New York is set to showcase a fresh face: promising right-hander Blade Tidwell will officially make his major league debut in the opener, going head-to-head with St. Louis’ Erick Fedde. Meanwhile, the Cardinals will hand the ball to Andre Pallante in the nightcap, squaring off against Tylor Megill, who was originally slated to start Saturday. To bolster a bullpen stretched thin from a midweek doubleheader and a rain-shortened outing, St. Louis also pulled up Michael McGreevy from Triple-A Memphis, making a roster shuffle that sent reliever Roddery Muñoz down. These critical moves and the looming doubleheader could be a turning point as the two clubs wrap up their season series. LEARN MORE

ST. LOUIS — The game between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets scheduled for Saturday was postponed because of rain and will be made up as part of a split doubleheader Sunday.

The Mets have a nine-game winning streak in the series after beating St. Louis 9-3 on Friday night. New York swept a four-game set at Citi Field last month, and Sunday’s games are the last two in the season series.

The Mets announced that prospect Blade Tidwell would make his major league debut in the first game against St. Louis right-hander Erick Fedde (1-3, 4.68 ERA). Tidwell, a 23-year-old righty, is 1-2 with a 5.00 ERA in six starts for Triple-A Syracuse this season. He has struck out 37 in 27 innings.

In the second game, Andre Pallante (2-2, 4.13) will start for the Cardinals against Tylor Megill (3-2, 1.74), who had been scheduled to start Saturday opposite Fedde. Both Pallante and Megill are righties.

Earlier Saturday, the Cardinals recalled right-hander Michael McGreevy from Triple-A Memphis to add depth to a bullpen that already was taxed because of a doubleheader Wednesday in Cincinnati and a rain delay in Thursday’s game that cut starter Matthew Liberatore’s start short.

McGreevy had been scheduled to start Memphis’ game on Saturday. He is 3-1 with a 4.08 ERA in Memphis last year, and he was 3-0 with a 1.96 ERA in four games, including three starts, for St. Louis last year.

Reliever Roddery Muñoz was optioned to Memphis to make room for McGreevy.