The New York Mets lost 6-5 to the St. Louis Cardinals in the first half of their doubleheader on Sunday afternoon despite their best efforts to come back from a four-run deficit. Starting pitcher Blake Tidwell allowed all six runs across 3.2 innings in his big-league debut, and that was enough to do them in.

In the hours before his team’s two games against the surging Mets on Sunday, manager Oliver Marmol worried aloud about the cumulative effect of his Cardinals playing two doubleheaders within five days.