The Philadelphia Phillies will play the New York Mets in Game 2 of their series at Citi Field on Saturday night.
The Philadelphia Phillies are 63-49 this season and have won eight of their last nine games. Philadelphia won Game 1 of this series by a score of 2-1 on Friday night. The Philadelphia pitching staff has a 3.73 ERA, a 1.22 WHIP, and a .237 opponent batting average this season. The Phillies offense has scored 526 runs with a .250 batting average and a .313 on base percentage. Rhys Hoskins is batting .248 with 24 home runs and 54 RBI’s for the Phillies this season. The projected starter for Philadelphia is Aaron Nola, who is 8-8 with a 3.17 ERA and a 0.95 WHIP over 144.2 innings pitched this season.
The New York Mets are 73-40 this season and have won six of their last seven games. Prior to losing Game 1 of this series, New York won all three games in their series against Cincinnati. The New York pitching staff has a 3.51 ERA, a 1.18 WHIP, and a .233 opponent batting average. The Mets offense has scored 545 runs with a .259 batting average and a .331 on base percentage this year. Pete Alonso is batting .281 with 29 home runs and 96 RBI’s for the Mets this season. The projected starter for New York is Jacob deGrom, who is 1-0 with a 2.53 ERA and a 0.47 WHIP over 10.2 innings pitched this season.
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