NEW YORK — The New York Mets play the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 2-0 series lead.
New York has a 91-55 record overall and a 48-26 record in home games. Mets hitters have a collective .410 slugging percentage to rank fifth in the NL.
Pittsburgh has gone 27-47 in road games and 55-90 overall. The Pirates are 28-63 in games when they have given up a home run.
TOP PERFORMERS: Pete Alonso has 24 doubles and 35 home runs while hitting .269 for the Mets. Eduardo Escobar is 16-for-40 with two doubles, a triple and three home runs over the last 10 games.
The teams square off Saturday for the sixth time this season. The Mets lead the season series 4-1.
Bryan Reynolds has 23 home runs, 50 walks and 54 RBI while hitting .257 for the Pirates. Ke’Bryan Hayes is 10-for-35 with two doubles, a home run and two RBI over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mets: 6-4, .289 batting average, 3.13 ERA, outscored opponents by 23 runs
Pirates: 5-5, .243 batting average, 4.30 ERA, outscored opponents by one run
INJURIES: Mets: Bryce Montes de Oca: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Starling Marte: 10-Day IL (hand), Max Scherzer: 15-Day IL (side), Brett Baty: 10-Day IL (thumb), Stephen Nogosek: 15-Day IL (oblique), Drew Smith: 15-Day IL (back), Tylor Megill: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Sean Reid-Foley: 60-Day IL (elbow), John Curtiss: 60-Day IL (elbow), Joey Lucchesi: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Pirates: JT Brubaker: day-to-day (lat), Kevin Newman: day-to-day (undisclosed), Colin Holderman: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Yerry De Los Santos: 60-Day IL (lat), David Bednar: 15-Day IL (back), Max Kranick: 60-Day IL (elbow), Canaan Smith-Njigba: 60-Day IL (wrist), Roberto Perez: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Blake Cederlind: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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