Philadelphia Phillies (46-36, second in the NL East) vs. New York Mets (34-48, fifth in the NL East)<\/p>\n
New York; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
PITCHING PROBABLES: Phillies: Alan Rangel (0-0, 2.25 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, nine strikeouts); Mets: Christian Scott (0-0)<\/p>\n
LINE: Mets -140, Phillies +116; over\/under is 8 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: The New York Mets aim to stop their five-game home slide with a win over the Philadelphia Phillies.<\/p>\n
New York is 34-48 overall and 18-23 at home. The Mets are 26-11 in games when they record at least eight hits.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia has a 46-36 record overall and a 23-17 record in road games. The Phillies rank sixth in the majors with 107 total home runs, averaging 1.3 per game.<\/p>\n
The matchup Saturday is the fifth time these teams square off this season. The Phillies have a 3-1 advantage in the season series.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Bo Bichette has 13 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 45 RBIs while hitting .254 for the Mets. Juan Soto is 11 for 33 with a double and two home runs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n
Kyle Schwarber leads the Phillies with 29 home runs while slugging .590. Bryce Harper is 16 for 38 with two doubles, a triple, three home runs and eight RBIs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Mets: 2-8, .238 batting average, 5.42 ERA, outscored by 25 runs<\/p>\n
Phillies: 7-3, .284 batting average, 4.45 ERA, outscored opponents by 21 runs<\/p>\n
INJURIES: Mets: Justin Hagenman: 60-Day IL (rib), Christian Scott: 15-Day IL (hip), Luis Robert: 60-Day IL (back), Marcus Semien: 10-Day IL (hip), Jorge Polanco: 60-Day IL (wrist), Clay Holmes: 60-Day IL (fibula), Reed Garrett: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tylor Megill: 60-Day IL (elbow), Dedniel Nunez: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n
Phillies: Johan Rojas: 60-Day IL (elbow), Adolis Garcia: 60-Day IL (lat), Brad Keller: 15-Day IL (forearm)<\/p>\n
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Phillies (46-36, second in the NL East) vs. New York Mets (34-48, fifth in the NL East)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2397],"tags":[3418,20752,5,88,7798,1207,68701,1712,2110,5163,6158,120,134,25115,81,369,386,4,256,61,144,25,4216,40,9019,185,1326],"class_list":["post-736844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia-phillies","tag-adolis-garcia","tag-alan-rangel","tag-baseball","tag-bo-bichette","tag-brad-keller","tag-bryce-harper","tag-christian-scott-atunde-adjuah","tag-clay-holmes","tag-dedniel-nunez","tag-illinois","tag-johan-rojas","tag-jorge-polanco","tag-juan-soto","tag-justin-hagenman","tag-kyle-schwarber","tag-luis-robert","tag-marcus-semien","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-baseball","tag-new-york-mets","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-philadelphiaphillies","tag-phillies","tag-reed-garrett","tag-sports","tag-tylor-megill"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116821870705241360","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}