The Dodgers continued their 1973 NLCS highway journey, going from wet Cincinnati to wet New York to play the Mets at Citi Subject.
The primary is an early begin (1:10 p.m. PT) on Memorial Day, although rain within the forecast many of the day in Queens may wreak havoc on the schedule. Sunday's predicted rain in Cincinnati induced the beginning time of the sequence finale in opposition to the Reds to be moved 90 minutes, a day earlier.
What a distinction a 12 months makes. Final Might 27, the Mets had been struggling a bit, however nonetheless a recreation over .500 and coming off a 100-win season. Then the underside fell into an 87 loss season. Within the final calendar 12 months, solely the Rockies (54-107) have a worse report than the Mets (69-92) amongst Nationwide League groups.
This 12 months, the Mets have faltered on the finish, going simply 6-16 in Might and have misplaced 5 straight coming into Sunday, together with shutouts within the sixth inning or later of their final three contests.
Dodgers to the Mets schedule
| Day | Time (PT) | Jugs | TV |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Time (PT) | Jugs | TV |
| Monday | 1:10 p.m | Stone v. Megill | SNLA/MLBN* |
| Mar | 4:10 p.m | Glasnow v. Quintana (L) | SNLA/TBS* |
| Wednesday | 1:10 p.m | Paxton v. Peterson (L) | SNLA/MLBN* |
The Dodgers are additionally struggling, having misplaced 4 straight video games coming into Sunday, with an offense hitting simply .214/.282/.365 during the last 16 video games.
The Mets took two of three video games at Dodger Stadium from April 19-21. On the conclusion of that sequence, the Mets had been 12-9 and the Dodgers 12-11. Since then, New York is 9-21 and Los Angeles is 20-10.
Wednesday's beginning pitcher for the Dodgers is listed as James Paxton, which might be his first begin on lower than 5 days' relaxation this season. The crew's desire is to present the veteran left-hander further relaxation every time potential. Though he isn’t alone; solely twice this season has a Dodgers pitcher began on 4 days' relaxation, up to now.
The Mets on Sunday introduced that David Peterson will come off the injured checklist to start out the sequence finale on Wednesday. He and Jose Quintana on Tuesday would be the first true left-handed beginning pitchers the Dodgers will face since Might 8.
All three video games within the sequence might be televised nationally for these outdoors native markets, with Tuesday evening on TBS, and Monday and Wednesday on the MLB Community.
