New York at San Diego

The Mets are simply not the same team over the last month and a half that they were in the first month and a half. The Mets got off to a 33-17 start and looked like they were going to blow away the NL. They averaged 5.1 runs per game over those 50 games. Then the wheels fell off. In their last 42 games, the Mets have gone 18-24 and the offense has lost nearly a run and a half per game. They have averaged just 3.67 runs per game in those 42 games. If not for an included streak of 8-1 they are just 10-23. They have the difficult task of facing Jake Peavy who has allowed 1 run or less in 56% of his 18 starts. He has not allowed more than 4 runs all season. Peavy pitches deep into games. And, the Mets have done nothing with Trevor Hoffman, as the current Mets have a combined .175 average against him. Padres make it two in a row.