ST. LOUIS -- Michael McGreevy had a day to remember on Saturday at Busch Stadium, spinning six no-hit innings against the Rays in his 2026 debut for the Cardinals.
After shuttling back and forth from Triple-A Memphis to St. Louis for the majority of the 2025 season, McGreevy dazzled in his first opportunity to be a part of an Opening Day roster, allowing zero hits with five strikeouts in six innings of work, walking just two batters along the way. He became the first Cardinals starter with a six-plus inning no-hit bid in his season debut since Daniel Ponce de Leon on July 23, 2018.
McGreevy had to share a bit of the spotlight with top prospect JJ Wetherholt, though. After the Rays forced extras with a four-run ninth, Wetherholt came through with a two-run single in the bottom of the 10th to give the Cards a 6-5 win on the first walk-off of his young career.
The no-hit bid was broken up by Junior Caminero when he singled off reliever Riley O’Brien in the seventh inning. McGreevy was pulled from the game after those six innings, having thrown 96 pitches.
Left-handed hitters got the best of McGreevy in 2025, posting a .318 AVG and a .911 OPS against the young starter. On Saturday, McGreevy held Rays’ left-handers hitless in 13 at-bats in his epic performance.
Velocity was down a bit for McGreevy, which will be something to monitor in his upcoming starts. The right-hander ran into trouble during the fourth inning after Yandy Díaz reached on an error by third baseman Ramón Urías and Jonathan Aranda followed with a walk, but he locked in to set down the next three batters and keep his no-hit bid intact.
The Cardinals' offense, meanwhile, spent much of Saturday leaning on small ball.
Wetherholt led off the bottom of the first inning with an infield hit, followed by the first stolen base of his big league career. Iván Herrera moved him over on a deep fly ball to right field, and Alec Burleson drove him in on a sharp line drive to the center-field grass. Just like that, the Cardinals had a lead.
Not to be one-upped by Wetherholt, Burleson showed off his own wheels by swiping second base, allowing Nolan Gorman to make the score 2-0 after a single of his own.
Major questions have been raised about the lack of power potential in the Cardinals' lineup this year, making their ability to run the bases well and provide timely hitting paramount to putting up runs. Rays’ starter Joe Boyle held St. Louis hitless over the final five frames of his outing.