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Since 2014, the Mets are 53-25 (.679) against the Phillies. This is the best record by any team against a divisional opponent in MLB over that span.

The Mets have the worst record in MLB (1-8) in May. They have only been scoring 2.33 runs per game this month, which is the lowest mark in baseball; they also have been allowing 5.44 runs per game in May, which is third-highest in the NL.

The Phillies are coming off a four-game sweep at home against the Giants after scoring double-digit runs in two of those games and recording double-digit hits in three of four. They have a team OPS of .812 in May, which is the best mark in the NL.

Steven Matz has only one career start against the Phillies, pitching 5.2 inning allowing two runs on four hits. He made his first quality start of 2018 in his last outing against the Rockies, allowing just one run over six innings, but still got a loss in the game.

In Jake Arrieta's last five starts against the Mets, he has allowed just seven runs over 35.1 innings, posting a 1.78 ERA, 0.85 WHIP, and .190 opponent batting average in those five games. In three career home starts against the Mets, he has never allowed more than one earned run.

Devin Mesoraco has played in 20 games this season, and his teams are a combined 0-20 in those games.

HP - May, 1B - Reynolds, 2B - Tumpane, 3B - Bellino

Phillies

The New York Mets won each of Noah Syndergaard's first five starts this season. They've lost in his last three.
The Mets will try to snap that skid and try to win their first series in four tries Saturday night against the Philadelphia Phillies. Syndergaard (3-1, 3.09 ERA) has given the Mets a chance to win each time he's been on the mound in 2018.

Syndergaard aims to regain winning touch as Mets face Phillies

PHILADELPHIA (AP)  Phillies manager Gabe Kapler hasn't lost faith in closer Hector Neris, even after the right-hander blew his second save of the week by surrendering two ninth-inning home runs to the New York Mets' Michael Conforto and Devin Mesoraco.
''We have some pitching meetings about how we can help him be at his best and how we are managing our bullpen going forward,'' Kapler said before the Phillies-Mets game was postponed on Saturday night following a one-hour delay. ''Not much has changed. We're going to use our best pitcher for any given moment of the game.''

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