Miami Marlins (23-44, fifth in the NL East) vs. New York Mets (29-37, fourth in the NL East)
New York; Thursday, 7:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Roddery Munoz (1-2, 5.95 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 22 strikeouts); Mets: Luis Severino (4-2, 3.25 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 58 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Mets -189, Marlins +159; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Mets play the Miami Marlins after Tyrone Taylor had four hits against the Marlins on Wednesday.
New York has a 29-37 record overall and a 14-23 record at home. The Mets have hit 72 total home runs to rank fourth in the NL.
Miami has a 23-44 record overall and an 11-19 record in road games. The Marlins are 16-9 in games when they out-hit their opponents.
Thursday's game is the sixth meeting between these teams this season. The Marlins have a 3-2 advantage in the season series.
TOP PERFORMERS: Pete Alonso has 16 doubles, 14 home runs and 32 RBI while hitting .235 for the Mets. Starling Marte is 16-for-37 with a double, two triples and a home run over the last 10 games.
Bryan De La Cruz has 13 doubles and 11 home runs for the Marlins. Jake Burger is 12-for-41 with a double and a home run over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mets: 6-4, .290 batting average, 5.00 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs
Marlins: 3-7, .226 batting average, 5.46 ERA, outscored by 27 runs
INJURIES: Mets: Luis Torrens: day-to-day (leg), Shintaro Fujinami: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Edwin Diaz: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Brooks Raley: 15-Day IL (elbow), Kodai Senga: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ronny Mauricio: 60-Day IL (knee)
Marlins: Ryan Weathers: 15-Day IL (finger), Sixto Sanchez: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Edward Cabrera: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Bryan Hoeing: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Josh Simpson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Eury Perez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sandy Alcantara: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
