The San Diego Padres will play the New York Mets in Game 2 of their series at Citi Field on Saturday night.
The San Diego Padres are 53-42 this season and have won three of their last four games. San Diego won Game 1 of this series by a score of 4-1 on Friday night. The San Diego pitching staff has a 3.74 ERA, a 1.20 WHIP, and a .227 opponent batting average this season. The Padres offense has scored 412 runs with a .241 batting average and a .316 on base percentage. Manny Machado is batting .299 with 15 home runs and 51 RBI’s for the Padres this season. The projected starter for San Diego is Blake Snell, who is 1-5 with a 5.22 ERA and a 1.48 WHIP over 50 innings pitched this season.
The New York Mets are 58-36 this season and have won four of their last six games. Prior to losing Game 1 of this series, New York won three out of the four games played in their series against the Cubs. 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 438 runs with a .251 batting average and a .323 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 Chris Bassitt, who is 7-6 with a 3.79 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP over 102 innings pitched this season.