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Pirates look to avoid series sweep against the Mets

By The Associated PressYahoo Sports

Pittsburgh Pirates (0-2) vs. New York Mets (2-0) New York; Sunday, 1:40 p. m.

EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Carmen Mlodzinski (0-0); Mets: Nolan McLean (0-0) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mets -178, Pirates +149; over/under is 7 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The New York Mets face the Pittsburgh Pirates looking to sweep their three-game series. New York went 83-79 overall and 49-32 in home games a season ago. The Mets slugged .

427 with a . 753 OPS as a team in the 2025 season. Pittsburgh went 71-91 overall and 27-54 in road games a season ago.

The Pirates averaged 7. 7 hits per game last season and totaled 117 home runs. INJURIES: Mets: A.

J. Minter: 15-Day IL (lat), Reed Garrett: 60-Day IL (elbow), Justin Hagenman: 60-Day IL (rib fracture), Tylor Megill: 60-Day IL (elbow), Dedniel Nunez: 60-Day IL (elbow) Pirates: Jared Jones: 60-Day IL (elbow) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .