Mets 5, Cardinals 4: Soto Homers to Avoid Sweep

The lead

June 11, 2026 - New York - Juan Soto hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning, Devin Williams earned his ninth save, and the New York Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 to avoid a series sweep, per the Associated Press recap on CBS Sports.

Soto finished with 9 hitting FP in AthX Engine scoring. New York graded at 9 team FP on the Thursday card.

How the game turned

The game featured six homers on a 91-degree afternoon with wind blowing out to right at Citi Field. Alec Burleson opened the scoring with a two-run shot in the first before Bo Bichette and Jared Young homered in the bottom half for a 3-1 Mets lead.

Lars Nootbaar and Jimmy Crooks homered in the second to give St. Louis a 4-3 lead. Young tied it with a fifth-inning single before Soto's 14th homer off JoJo Romero in the seventh decided it.

Williams worked a perfect ninth for the save after Brooks Raley threw a hitless seventh.

Pitching and matchup notes

Mets starter Christian Scott allowed four runs with six strikeouts in 4⅔ innings. Cardinals starter Hunter Dobbins gave up three runs with five strikeouts in 4⅓ frames.

For the Mets, avoiding a sweep after St. Louis had won the first two games of the series was the immediate goal. For the Cardinals, Nootbaar's 8 FP night led the visitor side in AthX Engine scoring despite the loss.

Bats that changed the board

Soto's 9 FP and Bichette's 7 FP paced a Mets lineup that needed late-inning heroics. Williams' 10 pitching FP closed out the daily ledger on the mound.

AthX Engine fantasy angle

AthX Engine graded New York at 9 team FP in a one-run homer fest where the seventh-inning swing mattered most. Save situations with clean innings register in daily pitching scoring, separate from dynamic pricing.

What comes next

The Mets and Cardinals finish the series Friday at Citi Field, per the MLB schedule.

*Sources: MLB.com schedule, CBS Sports/AP recap, ESPN scoreboard, AthX Engine scoring. Information only; not financial advice.*