The New York Yankees will play the New York Mets in Game 2 of their series at Citi Field on Wednesday night.
The New York Yankees are 66-32 this season and have lost four of their last six games. The Yankees lost Game 1 of this series by a score of 6-3 on Tuesday night. The Yankees pitching staff has a 3.17 ERA, a 1.09 WHIP, and a .218 opponent batting average this season. The Yankees offense has scored 523 runs with a .246 batting average and a .331 on base percentage. Aaron Judge is batting .296 with 38 home runs and 82 RBI’s for the Yankees this season. The projected starter for the Yankees is Domingo German, who allowed five runs over three innings pitched in his first start of the season just a few days ago.
The New York Mets are 60-37 this season and have won six of their last nine games. Prior to winning Game 1 of this series, the Mets lost two out of the three games in their series against the Padres. The Mets pitching staff has a 3.60 ERA, a 1.19 WHIP, and a .233 opponent batting average. The Mets offense has scored 453 runs with a .252 batting average and a .324 on base percentage this year. Pete Alonso is batting .280 with 25 home runs and 83 RBI’s for the Mets this season. The projected starter for the Mets is Max Scherzer, who is 6-2 with a 2.28 ERA and a 0.89 WHIP over 75 innings pitched this season.