The 25-year-old Vientos is batting .167 with two home runs, six RBIs and a .565 OPS. He is 1 for 22 with runners in scoring position, but he went deep on Thursday and Friday for his first two homers of the year.

Reinforcements are waiting in the wings for the first-place Mets. Jeff McNeil (right oblique strain) and Francisco Alvarez (fractured left hamate bone) each continued their respective rehab assignments on April 20 with Double-A Binghamton.

Third baseman Mark Vientos is out of the New York Mets’ lineup against the St. Louis Cardinals because of groin discomfort.

Francisco Lindor had three hits, including a leadoff homer, and the Mets completed a four-game sweep of St. Louis at home for the first time in franchise history. The club’s previous three four-game sweeps against the Cardinals came in St. Louis, the most recent in April 1986.

In his third plate appearance of the evening, New York fans gave the Dominican star a standing ovation, as they hoped to give him a spark amid a one-run Mets deficit. Their gesture seemingly worked, with Soto hitting Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas' 84 MPH changeup for a game-tying RBI single.

Slumping Mets superstar Juan Soto received a standing ovation before delivering a clutch hit in Friday’s 5-4 victory.

Preview the April 21 matchup between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.

The New York Mets will try to win their third game in a row against the St. Louis Cardinals when they meet in a National League matchup on Saturday. New York posted a 4-1 win on Thursday and followed that up with a 5-4 triumph on Friday.