Overview

• Series opener scheduled for Friday at 7:10 p.m. EDT at Citi Field pits David Peterson (7–4, 2.83 ERA) against Robbie Ray (9–5, 2.93 ERA).
• Mets (62–47) have dropped three straight games and hold a half-game lead in the NL East after going 7–3 over their past ten.
• Giants (54–55) are mired in a six-game skid and have gone 2–8 in their last ten games, falling below .500 and six games back of the third Wild Card spot.
• Relievers Tyler Rogers and Jose Buttó, exchanged for each other at the trade deadline, will face their former clubs over the weekend.
• New York added three new bullpen arms at the deadline while San Francisco shifted into seller mode, trading veteran relievers for prospects.