The San Diego Padres will play the New York Mets in Game 1 of their series at Citi Field on Friday night.
The San Diego Padres are 52-42 this season and have lost four of their last six games. San Diego is coming off of a series win against Arizona, where they won two out of the three games played in the series. The San Diego pitching staff has a 3.77 ERA, a 1.20 WHIP, and a .228 opponent batting average this season. The Padres offense has scored 408 runs with a .241 batting average and a .316 on base percentage. Manny Machado is batting .303 with 15 home runs and 51 RBI’s for the Padres this season. The projected starter for San Diego is Yu Darvish, who is 8-4 with a 3.41 ERA and a 0.99 WHIP over 108.1 innings pitched this season.
The New York Mets are 58-35 this season and have won four of their last five games. New York is coming off of a series win against the Cubs, where they won three out of the four games played in the series. The New York pitching staff has a 3.61 ERA, a 1.18 WHIP, and a .232 opponent batting average. The Mets offense has scored 437 runs with a .252 batting average and a .324 on base percentage this year. Pete Alonso is batting .265 with 24 home runs and 78 RBI’s for the Mets this season. The projected starter for New York is Max Scherzer, who is 6-1 with a 2.22 ERA and a 0.88 WHIP over 69 innings pitched this season.