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Mets want to finish three away games and play against the Padres

Mets want to finish three away games and play against the Padres

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New York Mets (66-61, third in the NL East) vs. San Diego Padres (72-56, third in the NL West)

San Diego; Thursday, 9:40 p.m. EDT

LIKELY PITCHING PLAYERS: Mets: Luis Severino (8-6, 3.91 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 117 strikeouts); Padres: Dylan Cease (12-9, 3.46 ERA, 1.02 WHIP, 186 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Padres -153, Mets +130; Over/Under is 7 1/2 runs

Conclusion: The New York Mets travel to the San Diego Padres to end a three-game losing streak on the road.

San Diego has a 35-30 record at home and a 72-56 record overall. The Padres hitters have a combined batting average of .265, the highest team batting average in the NL.

New York has an overall record of 66-61 and a road record of 31-28. The Mets have hit a total of 162 home runs, ranking third in the NL.

Thursday’s clash will be the fourth time this season that these teams have met.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jurickson Profar leads the Padres with 20 home runs and a .472 slugging average. Luis Arraez has hit 13 of 42 home runs, two doubles and four RBIs in the last 10 games.

Pete Alonso has 28 doubles, 27 home runs and 69 RBIs with a .243 batting average for the Mets. Francisco Lindor has hit 15 of 41 batters with four doubles, one triple and three home runs in the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Padres: 6-4, .258 batting average, 3.93 ERA, six runs more than opponents

Mets: 5-5, .245 batting average, 4.65 ERA, 4 runs less

INJURIES: Padres: Fernando Tatis Jr.: 60-day IL (quadriceps), Ha-Seong Kim: 10-day IL (shoulder), Stephen Kolek: 15-day IL (forearm), Wandy Peralta: 15-day IL (adductor), Luis Patino: 60-day IL (elbow)

Mets: Kodai Senga: 60-day IL (calf), Dedniel Nunez: 15-day IL (pronator), Christian Scott: 15-day IL (elbow), Drew Smith: 60-day IL (elbow), Brooks Raley: 60-day IL (elbow), Sean Reid-Foley: 15-day IL (shoulder), Ronny Mauricio: 60-day IL (knee)

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The Associated Press produced this article using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.


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