New York at Los Angeles

New York is in danger of falling out of the playoff race while losing six of its past seven games, including 4-1 to the Dodgers, who have won seven in a row. Los Angeles is hitting its stride and has climbed within 2 1/2 games of first-place San Francisco in the NL West. The Mets are just 26-57 their past 83 games as road underdogs and 1-10 their past 11 games overall versus teams with winning records. Also, New York is 17-42 the past 59 meetings with the Dodgers, who have won 41 of 55 in the second game of a series dating to last season. Walker Buehler is 12-2 with a sparkling 2.09 ERA and gave up a run on four hits in seven innings against the Mets on Saturday. He has also given up only four runs in 33 1/3 innings his last five starts. New York hitters are batting just .184 against Buehler in 55 at-bats. Take the Dodgers.