Giolito Pulled After 7 No-Hit Innings in BoSox/Cards Split; Mets Win 2 Over Royals

 We've now played all 12 teams in our Statis-Pro baseball season using 2024 projected cards, and the early records and game results with starting pitchers listed are below. Another 10 NL teams are being played separately in Montana and this year that Commissioner is much further along. We also relegated 8 teams this season - which will still play one or two 2-game series each.

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The Mets won their series against the Royals. Kodai Senga was brilliant with 7 shutout innings, and the only offense was an Pete Alonso homer for a 1-0 win in a match-up of aces. The second game between No. 4 starters was a 9-6 slugfest, with J.D. Martinez starting with a 2-run homer and then double, and Starling Marte stealing three bases.

The Cardinals and Red Sox both won at home for a split. Lance Lynn was brilliant in the nightcap, going 7 innings with 1 run allowed, 8 strikeouts and no walks in a 5-1 win in Busch Stadium. 

Paul Goldschmidt

 and Nolan Gorman both homered, while the big stadium resulted in a couple of deep drives by Red Sox players. Triston Casas sparked this one just as Martinez did for the Cardinals in the game before, starting with a double then 3-run homer after singles by Tyler O'Neill and Rafael Devers. 

The interesting one on a day that Blake Snell threw a no-hitters in the first game in which he pitched into the 9th inning - and we had a similar case with the Red Sox Lucas Giolito has a no-hitter through 7 innings. However, we did take him out as he had already given up a run in the first inning and would have dropped to a PB4-7 if he had come back out for the 8th.

	Mets sweep Royals 1-0, 9-6
Pos	2024 NY Mets	2-game highlights
RF	Starling Marte	4 hits, 3 steals
SS	Francisco Lindor
1b	Pete Alonso	homer
CF	Brandon Nimmo
DH	J.D. Martinez	HR, double
2b	Jeff McNeil	double, 2 runs
C	Francisco Alvarez
3b	Brett Baty	2-run PH homer (platoon)
3b	Mark Vientos
LF	Harrison Bader
PB	NY Mets Pitchers
2'-8	Kodai Senga	won Game 1, 7 IP 0R
4'-7	David Peterson
2'-9	Edwin Díaz	struck out 3 of 4
2'-7	Sean Manaea	2nd game starter
4'-7	Paul Blackburn (fr Oak)
4'-7	Adrian Houser
4'-7	Joey Lucchesi	retired 7 straight to end game
Pos	2024 Kansas City Royals
SS	Bobby Witt Jr.	3 hits, 3 steals
LF	MJ Melendez	homer
1b	Vinnie Pasquantino
C	Salvador Perez	homer
DH	Hunter Renfroe
RF	Nelson Velázquez	homer
2b	Michael Massey
PR	Dairon Blanco
2b	Adam Frazier
3b	Paul DeJong (fr CWS)
CF	Kyle Isbel
PB	KC Pitchers
2'-7	Brady Singer	tough loss, 7 IP, 1 run allowed
4'-7	Zach Davies
4'-7	Daniel Lynch IV	Game 2 starter
2'-5	Kris Bubic (Temp #F)
4'-7	Michael Wacha
4'-7	John Schreiber
4'-7	Lucas Erceg
2'-6	Alec Marsh
2'-8	Hunter Harvey (fr WSN)	Retired last 5 to prevent sweep
	Red Sox 5-3, then Cards 5-1
Pos	2024 Boston Red Sox
CF	Jarren Duran
RF	Tyler O'Neill	3 hits
3b	Rafael Devers	3 hits, including double
1b	Triston Casas	double, 3-run homer win 1st g
LF	Masataka Yoshida
DH	Vaughn Grissom
SS	Trevor Story
2b	Adalberto Mondesi
C	Danny Jansen
PB	Boston Starters
2'-7	Lucas Giolito	won 1st gm, 7 no-hit innings
2'-7	Garrett Whitlock
2'-7	Chris Martin	Save despite allowing HR
2'-7	Quinn Priester (fr PIT)	opener of Game 2
2'-7	Kutter Crawford
2'-7	Nick Pivetta
2'-7	James Paxton (fr LAD)
Pos	2024 St. Louis Cardinals
CF	Lars Nootbaar	2 doubles, single, 2 steals
RF	Jordan Walker
1b	Paul Goldschmidt	homers in both games
2b	Nolan Gorman	2-run homer
RF	Tommy Pham (fr CHW)
3b	José Fermín
3b	Nolan Arenado
C	Willson Contreras
DH	Brendan Donovan
LF	Alec Burleson
SS	Masyn Winn
PB	St. Louis Starters
2'-8	Sonny Gray
2'-7	Steven Matz
2'-7	JoJo Romero
2'-7	Giovanny Gallegos
2'-7	Lance Lynn	won Game 2, 7 innings 1 run
4'-7	Chris Roycroft (Temp #D)	Struck out all 3 in 8th
2'-8	Ryan Helsley	save in 2nd game