New York at Arizona

Third game of an 11-game road trip for the New York Mets, a team almost 3,000 miles from home. The offense hasn't hit all year, 19th in baseball in runs scored, 23rd in on base percentage, and 28th in batting average (.237) and slugging.  Lefty Jonathon Niese (3-6, 4.32 ERA) is on the hill with the team 3-8 his last 11 starts, and he has a 6.66 ERA in 25+ road innings where opponents hit .321 off him! While New York is going nowhere, Arizona is in a pennant race with a shot at the first place Dodgers, winning three of the last four. The Diamondbacks are 5-2 in their last seven games vs. a left-handed starter. And when these teams meet here, the Mets are 3-9 in the last 12 meetings in Arizona. Play the Diamondbacks.