New York Mets (60-62, third in the NL East) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (77-46, second in the NL West)
Los Angeles; Saturday, 4:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Mets: Rich Hill (6-4, 4.08 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 105 strikeouts) Dodgers: Max Scherzer (10-4, 2.69 ERA, .90 WHIP, 170 strikeouts)
LINE: Dodgers -279, Mets +228; over/under is 9 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles and New York will square off on Saturday.
The Dodgers are 41-20 on their home turf. Los Angeles hitters have posted a team on-base percentage of .331 this season, led by Max Muncy with a mark of .396.
The Mets are 24-39 on the road. New York has slugged .378 this season. Pete Alonso leads the team with a mark of .501.
The Dodgers won the last meeting 3-2. Walker Buehler secured his 13th victory and Muncy went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI for Los Angeles. Carlos Carrasco registered his second loss for New York.
TOP PERFORMERS: Muncy leads the Dodgers with 76 RBIs and is batting .273.
Alonso leads the Mets with 104 hits and is batting .256.
LAST 10 GAMES: Dodgers: 9-1, .235 batting average, 1.78 ERA, outscored opponents by 32 runs
Mets: 3-7, .233 batting average, 4.35 ERA, outscored by 11 runs
INJURIES: Dodgers: Julio Urias: (calf), Tony Gonsolin: (shoulder), Mookie Betts: (hip), AJ Pollock: (back), Scott Alexander: (shoulder), Garrett Cleavinger: (oblique), Danny Duffy: (forearm), Caleb Ferguson: (elbow), Cole Hamels: (arm), Jimmie Sherfy: (elbow), Tommy Kahnle: (elbow), Joe Kelly: (undisclosed), Clayton Kershaw: (elbow), Dustin May: (elbow), Jimmy Nelson: (elbow), Evan Phillips: (quad), Edwin Rios: (shoulder).
Mets: Jordan Yamamoto: (shoulder), Noah Syndergaard: (elbow), Tomas Nido: (thumb), Javier Baez: (hip), Luis Guillorme: (hamstring), Francisco Lindor: (oblique), Jose Martinez: (knee), Jose Peraza: (finger), Dellin Betances: (shoulder), Jacob deGrom: (forearm), Robert Gsellman: (lat), Joey Lucchesi: (elbow), Stephen Nogosek: (shoulder), Corey Oswalt: (knee), David Peterson: (side), Jake Reed: (forearm), Sean Reid-Foley: (elbow), Drew Smith: (shoulder), Robert Stock: (hamstring), James McCann: (back).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
