After dealing with knee tendinitis that kept him sidelined in Triple-A for a month, Joey Lucchesi returned to the big league mound tonight for the first time since May for a spot start to give Kodai Senga extra rest. Lucchesi performed brilliantly in the Mets’ 7-1 victory over the Cardinals, tossing 5 2⁄3 scoreless innings and needing just 84 pitches to do so en route to his second win of the season.
The Mets got things started right away, as Brandon Nimmo led off the game with a solo homer. That long ball not only set a new career high in home runs for Nimmo, but it extended his hitting streak to ten games to boot.