The Cardinals are coming into this game with an 11-14 record this season and they have not been playing well in their recent games. They won their last series against the Diamondbacks but they have still lost 5 of their last 7 games and their offense has scored just 1 run or less in 3 of their last 6 games. They are going up against a Mets team that is 13-11 this season. They have not been playing well in their recent games either as they have lost 3 of their last 4 games, but they are coming off of a win in their last game and they scored 8 runs in that game so their offense should have a bit of a spark here. The Mets offense is starting to heat up again now and they will be able to score some runs in this game with Miles Mikolas starting for the Cardinals as he is 1-3 with a 6.49 ERA this season. He has made 5 starts this season and has allowed at least 2 earned runs in each of his 5 starts as well as allowing at least 5 earned runs in 3 of his 5 starts, including allowing 5 earned runs in each of his last 2 starts. He did not pitch well against the Mets last season either as he made 2 starts against them and allowed 7 earned runs as well as 6 earned runs in those 2 starts. José Buttó is starting for the Mets here and he is 0-0 with a 1.65 ERA this season. He has made 3 starts this season and has been great in all of them as he has not allowed more than 2 earned runs in a single start, allowing just 3 earned runs total across his 3 starts this season. The Cardinals offense has been struggling in recent games and they are going to have a harder time scoring runs with this pitching matchup while the Mets offense got a spark in their last game and they will continue their success on offense with the way Mikolas has been pitching. The Mets will win this game.