Taylor leads Pirates against Mets after 4 hits

New York Mets (42-44, third in the NL East) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (42-45, third in the NL Central)

Pittsburgh; Saturday, 4:05 p.m. EDT

PROBABLE PITCHING WORKS: Mets: David Peterson (3-0, 3.51 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 22 strikeouts); Pirates: Bailey Falter (4-6, 3.87 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 59 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Mets -135, Pirates +114; Over/Under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Pirates face the New York Mets after Michael A. Taylor had four hits against the Mets on Friday.

Pittsburgh is 21-22 in home games and 42-45 overall. The Pirates have hit 89 home runs, ranking seventh in the NL.

New York has a record of 21-19 on the road and 42-44 overall. The Mets hitters have an overall average of .246, which ranks sixth in the NL.

The teams meet for the fifth time this season on Saturday. The Mets lead the season series 3-1.

TOP PERFORMERS: Connor Joe has 16 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 28 RBIs with a .247 batting average for the Pirates. Bryan Reynolds has hit 14 for 44 with a triple and four home runs in the last 10 games.

Brandon Nimmo has 16 doubles, two triples, 13 home runs and 52 RBI for the Mets. Mark Vientos is 11 for 38 with two doubles and five home runs in the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 5-5, .257 batting average, 3.60 ERA, eight runs more than opponents

Mets: 5-5, .233 batting average, 5.54 ERA, one point more than opponents

INJURIES: Pirates: Jared Jones: 15-day IL (lat), David Bednar: 15-day IL (oblique), Henry Davis: 7-day IL (head), Hunter Stratton: 15-day IL (shoulder), Ryan Borucki: 60-day IL (triceps), Quinn Priest: 15-day IL (unknown), Marco Gonzales: 60-day IL (forearm), Dauri Moreta: 60-day IL (elbow), Endy Rodriguez: 60-day IL (elbow), Johan Oviedo: 60-day IL (elbow)

Mets: Brooks Raley: 60-day IL (elbow), Drew Smith: 15-day IL (elbow), Starling Marte: 10-day IL (knee), Sean Reid-Foley: 15-day IL (shoulder), Shintaro Fujinami: 60-day IL (shoulder), Kodai Senga: 60-day IL (shoulder), Ronny Mauricio: 60-day IL (knee)

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The Associated Press produced this article using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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