Blade Tidwell is scheduled to make his MLB debut in the opener against Erick Fedde. Tylor Megill is slated to get the ball in Game 2 against Andre Pallante. As much as the Mets aren’t thrilled with a doubleheader, it probably beats the alternative: returning to St. Louis later in the season to play on a mutually scheduled off day.

For a second season in a row in St. Louis, the Cardinals and Mets had a game wiped out by rain. And for a second time this week, the Cardinals are preparing to play a doubleheader because of inclement weather.

The game between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets scheduled for Saturday has been postponed because of rain and will be made up as part of a split doubleheader Sunday