{"id":417324,"date":"2026-06-17T08:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=417324"},"modified":"2026-06-17T08:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:48:18","slug":"mets-aim-to-avoid-series-sweep-against-the-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/mets-aim-to-avoid-series-sweep-against-the-reds\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets aim to avoid series sweep against the Reds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York Mets\u00a0(32-41, fifth in the NL East) vs.\u00a0Cincinnati Reds\u00a0(35-37, fifth in the NL Central)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cincinnati; Wednesday, 12:40 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PITCHING PROBABLES: Mets:\u00a0Nolan McLean\u00a0(3-4, 4.01 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 88 strikeouts); Reds:\u00a0Nick Lodolo\u00a0(2-1, 5.21 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 30 strikeouts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LINE: Mets -138, Reds +114; over\/under is 9 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BOTTOM LINE: The Cincinnati Reds face the New York Mets looking to sweep their three-game series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cincinnati is 19-18 in home games and 35-37 overall. The Reds are eighth in MLB play with 94 total home runs, averaging 1.3 per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York is 14-23 in road games and 32-41 overall. The Mets have a 24-8 record in games when they record eight or more hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The teams meet Wednesday for the sixth time this season. The Reds lead the season series 4-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TOP PERFORMERS:\u00a0Sal Stewart\u00a0has 14 home runs, 41 walks and 46 RBI while hitting .252 for the Reds.\u00a0Blake Dunn\u00a0is 12 for 45 with two doubles, a home run and two RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juan Soto\u00a0leads the Mets with 22 extra base hits (six doubles, a triple and 15 home runs).\u00a0Bo Bichette\u00a0is 15 for 43 with four doubles, three home runs and nine RBI over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LAST 10 GAMES: Reds: 4-6, .229 batting average, 3.27 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mets: 4-6, .236 batting average, 5.38 ERA, outscored by 17 runs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">INJURIES: Reds:\u00a0Elly De La Cruz: 10-Day IL (hamstring),\u00a0Ke&#8217;Bryan Hayes: 10-Day IL (back), Pierce Johnson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Emilio Pagan: 15-Day IL (hamstring),\u00a0Graham Ashcraft: 60-Day IL (forearm),\u00a0Brandon Williamson: 60-Day IL (shoulder),\u00a0Hunter Greene: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mets: Christian Scott: 15-Day IL (hip),\u00a0Ronny Mauricio: 10-Day IL (thumb),\u00a0Jorge Polanco: 60-Day IL (wrist), Luis Robert: 60-Day IL (back),\u00a0Francisco Lindor: 10-Day IL (calf),\u00a0Justin Hagenman: 60-Day IL (rib),\u00a0Tyrone Taylor: 10-Day IL (hip),\u00a0Clay Holmes: 60-Day IL (fibula),\u00a0Reed Garrett: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Tylor Megill: 60-Day IL (elbow),\u00a0Dedniel Nunez: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Mets\u00a0(32-41, fifth in the NL East) vs.\u00a0Cincinnati Reds\u00a0(35-37, fifth in the NL Central) Cincinnati; Wednesday, 12:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Mets:\u00a0Nolan McLean\u00a0(3-4, 4.01 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 88 strikeouts); Reds:\u00a0Nick Lodolo\u00a0(2-1, 5.21 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 30 strikeouts) LINE: Mets -138, Reds +114; over\/under is 9 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Cincinnati Reds face the New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417325,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417324\/revisions\/417325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}