NEW YORK (Interstat) — Jordan Walker homered and drove in four runs as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Mets 9-2 on Wednesday at Citi Field. Walker finished 2 for 5 with a home run and four RBIs, while Nelson Velázquez added a two-run homer and Alec Burleson also went deep for St. Louis, which improved to 37-28. Andre Pallante (7-4) earned the win, allowing two runs on three hits with five strikeouts over six innings. Matt Svanson threw two scoreless innings and JoJo Romero a perfect ninth. Francisco Alvarez hit a two-run homer for the Mets, who fell to 29-38. Austin Warren (1-3) took the loss. St. Louis scored two in the first, two in the third, three in the fourth, and one each in the fifth and ninth. The Cardinals outhit New York 11-3. Attendance was 34,238, and the game lasted 2 hours, 33 minutes.