Breaking news: after quarrelling with the head coach star player makes shocking announcement today…..

New York won the series’ first two games: 4-3 on Monday and 7-5 on Tuesday. It’s the team’s first series win since April 19-21 at the Dodgers.

The New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals game was rained out on Wednesday.

The teams will instead play at 5:15 p.m. on Aug. 5 in St. Louis.

The Mets (18-18) were looking to sweep the series. The last time they swept the Cardinals was in April 2007 to open that season.

The Mets were looking for their first road series sweep of the season.

New York has won nine of its last 11 games at St. Louis dating back to May 5, 2021.

The Cardinals (15-21) have lost four consecutive games

With the St. Louis Cardinals’ offense in the gutter and ranking in the bottom three of nearly every stat in the league, many fans who have not yet become apathetic to the team are directing their ire toward hitting coach Turner Ward.

And while much of the offense’s ineptitude is likely out of Ward’s control, the Cardinals need to make a statement and relieve Ward of his duties.

It has been established that the Cardinals are among the worst teams in baseball at hitting the high fastball and the low breaking ball, but the roots of the Cardinals’ putrid offense likely emerge from a variety of factors that don’t place the blame squarely on Ward. Although the hitting coach can guide his players and provide advice, the onus is always on the hitter to produce at the plate. It’s unlikely that Ward is forcing longtime stars such as Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado to radically modify their swings given the two hitters’ years of success in the major leagues, and there’s little reason that other hitters who played well in previous seasons, such as Brendan Donovan, would be told to alter their approaches as well.