Game 92: Red Sox at Mets lineups and notes
Life on the road seems to agree with the Red Sox.
With Thursday afternoon’s 2-1 win over the White Sox, Boston improved to 6-0 on this nine-game road trip, having completed consecutive sweeps at Anaheim and Chicago.
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“We’re just playing winning baseball,” said third baseman Caleb Durbin, whose two-run homer provided the offense Thursday. “I think we’ve been close for a while but were just on the wrong side of it. Now we’re on the right side of it and you could feel the momentum around the clubhouse.”
They will look to keep it going when they open a three-game series at the Mets, who reside in last place in the NL East, 14 games below .500.
But just as the Red Sox are becoming worth of tuning in, fans will have to work a little harder to do so. Friday’s series opener at Citi Field is on Apple TV.
A pair of righthanders will open the series, with Sonny Gray looking for his 11th in in his final start before the All-Star break, while the Mets will counter with Nolan McLean.
Here is a preview.
Lineups
RED SOX (43-48): TBA
Pitching: RHP Sonny Gray (10-1, 2.61 ERA)
METS (40-54): TBA
Pitching: RHP Nolan McLean (6-5, 3.73 ERA)
Time: 7:15 p.m.
TV, radio: Apple TV, WEEI-FM 93.7
Red Sox vs. McLean: Has not faced any Boston batters
Mets vs. Gray: Francisco Alvarez 0-2, Brett Baty 0-3, Bo Bichette 1-5, Francisco Lindor 8-28, Jorge Polanco 1-7, Juan Soto 6-13, Tyrone Taylor 3-11, Luis Torrens 0-2, Mark Vientos 1-2
Stat of the day: The Red Sox have scored 216 runs in 47 road games (4.60 runs per game), compared to 156 runs in 44 home games (3.55 runs per game).
Notes: Gray is 4-1 with a 3.48 ERA in six starts against the Mets. … The Red Sox have swept three of their last four opponents, going an MLB-best 11-2 in that span to pull within 2½ games of the Mariners for the final wild-card spot. … Sox pitchers have posted a 1.67 ERA in their six-game winning streak, with the starters posting a 2.19 mark. … The Red Sox are 26-21 on the road, the second-best road record in the AL, trailing only the Yankees (28-22). … The Mets have won four of their last five after enduring a 2-12 stretch. … McLean is facing the Red Sox for the first time.
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