Overview
- New York starts a three-game set at Citi Field with Clay Holmes facing Washington right-hander Zack Littell.
- Holmes enters with a 2.10 ERA and draws Littell, who owns a 7.56 mark after two straight rough outings.
- The Mets are 9-19 after a Rockies sweep that capped a 2-15 slide since April 8 and dropped them into a tie for MLB’s worst record.
- Scoring has sagged to 92 runs through 28 games, tying the franchise’s worst 28-game start and marking the fewest runs at this point since 1981.
- Francisco Lindor is out with a strained left calf and Jorge Polanco is sidelined by left Achilles and right wrist issues, as Washington brings the NL’s highest run allowance yet showed bullpen gains against the White Sox.