Preview: Marlins look to avoid sweep in series finale vs. Mets
TV: FOX Sports Florida
TIME: Pregame coverage begins at 6:30 p.m.
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New York Mets (12-14, fourth in the NL East) vs. Miami Marlins (9-9, second in the NL East)
PITCHING PROBABLES
Mets: Seth Lugo (1-2, 2.61 ERA, .97 WHIP, 11 strikeouts)
Marlins: Daniel Castano (0-1, 4.36 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 6 strikeouts)
LINE
Mets favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 7 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE
The New York Mets face the Miami Marlins on Thursday.
The Marlins went 24-52 in division games in 2019. Miami pitchers had an ERA of 4.74 last year with a staff WHIP of 1.35.
The Mets went 40-36 in division games in 2019. New York averaged 8.9 hits with 3.3 extra base hits per game last year.
The teams meet for the sixth time this year. New York leads the season series 5-1.
INJURIES
Marlins: Pat Venditte: (undisclosed), Drew Steckenrider: (elbow), Mike Morin: (elbow), Brian Moran: (knee), Richard Bleier: (left tricep), Jorge Alfaro: (undisclosed).
Mets: Michael Wacha: (shoulder), Noah Syndergaard: (elbow), David Peterson: (shoulder), Jacob deGrom: (neck), Jake Marisnick: (left hamstring), Eduardo Nunez: (knee), Jed Lowrie: (knee), Rene Rivera: (elbow).
