St. Louis Cardinals (19-15, second in the NL Central) vs. New York Mets (23-13, first in the NL East)
New York; Monday, 7:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Miles Mikolas (3-1, 1.49 ERA, .95 WHIP, 31 strikeouts); Mets: Trevor Williams (0-2, 5.73 ERA, 1.64 WHIP, nine strikeouts)
LINE: Mets -120, Cardinals +101; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Mets host the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday to start a four-game series.
New York has gone 10-7 in home games and 23-13 overall. The Mets are 8-3 in games when they did not give up a home run.
St. Louis has a 10-8 record at home and a 19-15 record overall. The Cardinals have gone 13-2 in games when they scored five or more runs.
Monday's game is the fourth time these teams match up this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Pete Alonso has six doubles and eight home runs for the Mets. Starling Marte is 13-for-42 with five doubles, a triple, a home run and two RBI over the past 10 games.
Nolan Arenado has 12 doubles and eight home runs for the Cardinals. Paul Goldschmidt is 15-for-39 with seven doubles, two home runs and nine RBI over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mets: 5-5, .231 batting average, 4.50 ERA, outscored by three runs
Cardinals: 5-5, .273 batting average, 4.30 ERA, outscored opponents by 13 runs
INJURIES: Mets: Trevor May: 60-Day IL (tricep), Tylor Megill: 15-Day IL (lat), James McCann: 10-Day IL (hamate), Jacob deGrom: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Sean Reid-Foley: 10-Day IL (elbow), John Curtiss: 60-Day IL (elbow), Joey Lucchesi: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Cardinals: Jack Flaherty: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Alex Reyes: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
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