Mets-Baltimore Orioles series preview: The start of a long, interesting trip

It was also the Mets the ninth straight win over the Orioles (61-57) dating back to June 11, 2010.

Before the game, Terry Collins talked about this being “crunch time”, for the Mets in their race for a playoff spot. The Mets look to end their three game losing streak, while the Orioles look to build upon their four game winning streak.

Granderson slammed the second offering from Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman, a 93-mph fastball, over the right field wall for his 21st homer of the season.

New York has won all six of the six most recent games deGrom pitched in.

Gerardo Parra went 1-for-4 with a solo home run as the Orioles lost on Tuesday to the Mets.

The Orioles are also 1-4 in their last five games as an underdog, 0-6 in their last six interleague games as an underdog, and 1-7 in Gausman’s last eight games as an underdog.

On paper the Mets would seem to have a big edge in tonight’s mound matchup. deGrom (11-6, 2.03 ERA) is unbeaten over his last six starts and hasn’t allowed a run in half of them in lowering his ERA to 2.03.

NOTES: Granderson’s leadoff home run was his seventh of the season, a team record and 35th in his career. 257 with Manny Machado hitting.299, Adam Jones hitting.286, and Chris Davis hitting.261.

With New York 14-5 the last nineteen games in this series, we recommend a 1* play on the Mets. However it came as the Orioles were no-hit by Seattle’s Hisashi Iwakuma.

Michael Conforto threw a one-hop strike to Travis d’Arnaud in the fifth, allowing the catcher to tag out J.J. Hardy attempting to score on Henry Urrutia’s single. He ended his outing with 100 pitches – 70 strikes – while allowing five hits, one walk and striking out six.

It was a rough evening for the usually sure-handed Schoop, who made an errant throw in the sixth and dropped a potential double-play throw in the ninth for his second error. Familia picked up his 33rd save.