It’s the start of an interleague series on the diamond in a rematch of the 1986 World Series as the teams meet in Beantown. The New York Mets are on the road as they play the opening game of a three-game set with the Boston Red Sox Friday night. New York closed a three-game interleague set with the White Sox at home Thursday afternoon hoping for a sweep. The Mets picked up a 5-1 win in the middle game of the set Wednesday night. Boston dropped the rubber game of their road set with the lowly A’s in Oakland Wednesday, falling 6-5 in the finale of that set. The Red Sox have won the last six meetings between the teams, including a two-game home sweep September 21-22, 2021 in the most recent series between the teams.
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New York shut down the White Sox Wednesday night for their third straight win and entered Thursday 9-4 in the month of July. The Mets went into Thursday’s action 45-50 and stood fourth in the NL East, 16.5 games behind the Braves for the top spot in the division. They were seven games behind the Phillies for the final wild card spot in the National League. On Wednesday night, New York finished with five hits with Francisco Alvarez (run, RBI) the lone player with two. Brett Baty (his seventh) homered for the Mets in the victory. Justin Verlander (4-5) earned the win as he threw eight strong innings, allowing one run on three hits with one walk and seven strikeouts, before departing.
Kodai Senga is on the mound for the Mets as he makes his 18th start of the season in this contest. He comes in 7-5 with a 3.20 ERA, a 1.265 WHIP, 49 walks and 122 strikeouts over 95.2 innings of work thi s season. Senga didn’t factor in the decision in his last start, which came Friday at home against the Dodgers. He threw six innings, allowing one run on four hits with two walks and nine strikeouts in a game the Mets eventually dropped 5-1. In his last three starts, Senga is 1-0 with a 1.89 ERA, a 0.95 WHIP, five walks and 29 strikeouts over 19 innings of work. In his 18th career major league start, he pitches against the Red Sox for the first time here. As a result, this marks his first career start at Fenway Park.