First pitch: Wednesday, 7:05 p.m. ET
Line: N/A, Total: N/A

The Mets will be looking to take a second straight game from the Yankees on Wednesday.

The Mets and Yankees have completely different goals for the second half of the season, as the Mets are hoping to return to the World Series and the Yankees are now trying to get their young players some big league action before the start of next season. The Mets, however, are not in great shape in the Wild Card race and need to start putting together some victories soon. On the mound in this game will be LHP Steven Matz (8-7, 3.35 ERA, 106 K) for the Mets and RHP Chad Green (1-2, 4.56 ERA, 27 K) will be giving it a go for the Yankees. Over the past three seasons, the Yankees are 7-5 when facing the Mets. They are, however, just 2-3 when hosting the Mets in that span. One thing worth noting in this game is that the Mets are 40-18 against the money line after three or more consecutive OVERS in the past three seasons. They are also 20-8 against the money line after four or more consecutive OVERS in that span. OF Yoenis Cespedes (Quad) is expected to be in the lineup for the Mets in this game and that is great news for a lineup that can struggle to hit at times.

The Mets will be hoping to pick up a second straight victory over the Yankees and Steven Matz is the guy that will be tasked with shutting them down. Matz has been solid his past two times on the mound, allowing just two earned runs in 12 innings of work. He did, however, get himself in a ton of trouble against the Rockies last game. Matz allowed 10 hits in that game and will need to do a better job of avoiding contact against the Yankees on Wednesday. Offensively, the Mets will be hoping that OF Yoenis Cespedes (.294, 22 HR, 59 RBI) can provide a spark in this game. Cespedes got to the plate once on Tuesday and drove in a run with a hit. It was his first time playing since Jul. 30 and it’s big that he is able to stay healthy moving forward. The Mets will also be counting on OF Jay Bruce (.262, 25 HR, 80 RBI) in this one. Bruce struggled in his debut with the team, going 0-for-4 and striking out twice. He is, however, too good of a hitter to keep up that play and should be able to get it going on Wednesday.

Chad Green is going to be on the mound for the Yankees on Wednesday and he has done well for the team lately. Green worked out of the pen in his last three outings, but he didn’t allow a single run in 8.1 innings of work over those games. Green also struck out seven batters in those games and he’ll be hoping to turn in a quality start on Wednesday. Offensively, the one guy that has been consistently producing for the Yankees this season is SS Didi Gregorius (.290, 12 HR, 46 RBI). Gregorius already has three RBI in this series and he homered against the Mets on Tuesday. The Yankees need him to keep it up and they also need somebody else to step it up. One guy that just might be able to provide a spark is C Gary Sanchez. Sanchez is the Yankees’ fifth-ranked prospect in the organization and has been called up to serve as a DH in this series. If he can get a few hits this series then he should be able to stick in the lineup for the remainder of the year.