After losing the series opener to the Washington Nationals, the New York Mets will send right hander Rick Porcello to the hill in the second game and final game of this short two game series.

Porcello hasn’t been pitching well to start the season and will not have it easy in tonight’s matchup against the Nationals and their ace Max Scherzer. Porcello currently has a 0-1 record with a 13.50 ERA in just six innings pitched.

Scherzer also owns a 0-1 record, however the former Cy Young Award winner has a 2.84 ERA and has struck out 21 batters in just two starts.

LF Brandon Nimmo
RF Michael Conforto
1B Pete Alonso
DH Dominic Smith
3B J.D. Davis
SS Andres Gimenez
C Wilson Ramos
2B Luis Guillorme
CF Billy Hamilton

First pitch is scheduled for 6:05 P.M. EST in Washington D.C. and will be televised nationally on MLB Network as well as locally in the Tri-State Area on SNY.

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