Having won their series finale against the Giants in dramatic fashion on Sunday afternoon, the Mets (22-30) finally ended a losing streak that had seen that drop five in a row. Their recent record remains miserable, however, as the team has gone 6-15 since it last spent a day over .500 on May 2.
If the Mets are to save their season, the task of doing so won’t be easy over the next three days, as the Dodgers (33-22), a team with the second-most wins in the National League this year, are in town for a three-game series. And with a rough forecast in store for the series opener, it’s possible that the game scheduled for this afternoon will need to be made part of a doubleheader—with a chance of rain in the forecast around game time on Wednesday, too. The Mets have slipped below league average in scoring runs, as they’ve averaged 4.
27 runs per game, a rate that ranks 18th in baseball and just a shade below the league average of 4.33. Run prevention has been a problem, too, as the Mets have given up 4.
73 runs per game, the eighth-highest rate in the sport. As you might have guessed, the Dodgers have been significantly better at both of those things, as they rank fifth with 4.91 runs scored per game and fifth-lowest with just 3.
65 runs allowed per game. To say the Dodgers’ lineup is formidable is probably an understatement. The team has five qualified hitters, and all five of them have been excellent, as evidenced by their hitting lines, sorted here by wRC+: Shohei Ohtani:.