BRONX, New York.─ The Mets will host the Braves, while the Yankees will travel to Tampa Bay, to begin their travels this weekend until this Thursday.
The Atlanta Braves have a record of 22-12, in second place, and the New York Mets, in third place in the National League East, have an 18-18 record.
The Mets haven’t played since Tuesday, when they overcame a three-run first-inning deficit to beat St. Louis. Louis 7-5.
The Mets’ hopes of sweeping the Cardinals were dashed by heavy rain in the St. Louis area, which forced Game 3 of the series to be postponed after a two-and-a-half-hour delay.
Play will begin on August 5th, which was originally the only day off for the Mets on the West Coast tour.
Due to a rain event, the New York Mets’ August schedule will begin with a four-city road trip in which they will play 10 games in three time zones.
The Braves’ trip to New York will be their first this season. They lost two of three to the Mets from April 8-11 – Atlanta’s first loss in a series against their archrivals since August 2022.
Atlanta was off Thursday after completing a two-game sweep of the host Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night, when Marcell Ozuna hit two home runs in a 5-0 victory.
The Mets begin their three-game hitting streak on Friday night when they host Atlanta in the opener of a three-game series between the NL East rivals.
Left-hander José Quintana (1-3, 5.20 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Mets against right-hander Charlie Morton (2-0, 3.50) beginning at 7:10 pm at Citi Field.
Quintana took the loss in his most recent start on May 3, when he allowed eight runs in 2 2/3 innings as the Mets fell 10-8 to the Tampa Bay Rays. He is 3-5 with a 6.55 ERA in nine career starts against the Braves.
Morton ignored the decision on May 3 after allowing two runs in six innings as the Braves lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-3 in 11 innings. He is 6-6 with a 3.71 ERA in 23 games (22 starts) against the Mets.
Performance
Brandon Nimmo has five home runs, 25 walks and 25 RBI while hitting .229 for the Mets. Starling Marte is 43-10 with two doubles and three RBIs in his last 10 games.
Injured
Mets: Drew Smith: 15-day IL (undisclosed), Francisco Álvarez: 15-day IL (thumb), Brooks Raley: 15-day IL (elbow), Kodai Senga: 60-day IL (shoulder), Tylor Megill: 15-day IL (shoulder), David Peterson: 60-day IL (hip), Ronny Mauricio: 60-day IL (knee)
Braves: Tyler Matzek: 15-day IL (elbow), Ángel Perdomo: 60-day IL (elbow), Pierce Johnson: 15-day IL (elbow), Spencer Strider: 15-day IL (right elbow sprain), Sean Murphy : 10-day IL (oblique flow).
Distribution
The series begins with a Charlie Morton (2-0, 3.50) vs. Left-hander José Quintana (1-3, 5.20) at 7:10 p.m.; On Saturday left-hander Max Fried (2-1, 4.23) vs. Christian Scott (0-0, 1.35) at 4:10 pm and on Sunday Bryce Elder (1-1, 5.28) vs. Luis Severino (2-2) , 2.93) on ESPN’s Sunday Night game at 7:10 p.m.
Transmission
The Spanish radio network on the HD-2 channel of WINS-FM (92.3) has Audacy with Max Pérez-Jiménez, Néstor Rosario and Johnny Trujillo who will bring the events of the day and pre- and post-game programs from the booth of Juanito Alicea Del Achadh Citi.
The television broadcast belongs to SNY and on English radio WCBS 880 AM.
All Atlanta Braves games are broadcast on 680 The Fan and the Braves Radio Network, BSSO-Bally Sports Southeast; BSSO-Bally Sports South
Yankees vs. Rays
Riding a 5-1 run to start a nine-game homestand, the Rays open a three-game weekend series against the second-place New York Yankees on Friday in St. Petersburg, Florida.
New York won two of three games against Tampa Bay on April 19-21 in the first meeting of the clubs in the Bronx. The Yankees are 6-2 in May after losing a 4-3 home decision against the Houston Astros on Thursday.
Boone will pitch Clarke Schmidt (3-1, 3.50 ERA) on Friday. The right-hander has won two of his last three starts, but has yet to complete six innings in an outing this year.
Against the Rays in his career, Schmidt is 1-3 with a 3.77 ERA in 28 2/3 innings in nine appearances, five of them starts.
2024-05-10 14:03:24
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