Miami Marlins (57-87, fifth in NL East) vs. New York Mets (66-78, fourth in NL East)

New York; Thursday, 3:10 p.m. Eastern

PROBABLE PITCHERS GAME 1: Marlins: Sandy Alcantara (2-0, 0.75 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, eight strikeouts) Mets: Steven Matz (5-11, 4.17 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 132 strikeouts)

PROBABLE PITCHERS GAME 2: Marlins: TBD Mets: Jason Vargas (5-9, 6.75 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, 63 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Mets and Miami Marlins will square off in a doubleheader on Thursday. New York pitchers are averaging 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings. Daniel Zamora paces the staff with a mark of 15.9. The Marlins have gone 23-40 against the rest of their division. Miami pitchers are holding opponents to just a .256 batting average this year. In Wednesday’s game, the Mets defeated the Marlins 13-0. Zack Wheeler got the win for New York, his 11th on the season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Starlin Castro leads the Marlins with a .286 batting average, while J.T. Realmuto is second with a .286 average. Lewis Brinson has 13 hits and is batting .333 over his past 10 games for Miami. Michael Conforto has 24 home runs and a team-leading 64 RBIs in 135 games for the Mets. Jay Bruce has three home runs and eight RBIs over his past 10 games for New York.

LAST 10 GAMES: Marlins: 4-6, .224 batting average, 5.17 ERA, outscored by 22 runs. Mets: 7-3, .265 batting average, 3.46 ERA, outscored opponents by 20 runs.

METS INJURIES: The New York Mets transferred RHP Bobby Wahl to the 60-day disabled list with a right hamstring strain on Saturday.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by HERO Sports, and data from Sportradar.