Hill scheduled to begin as New York hosts Cincinnati

Cincinnati Reds (55-49, second in NL Central) vs. New York Mets (54-48, first in NL East)

Sinks, queens; Saturday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABILITIES: Reds: Wade Miley (8-4, 2.86 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 86 strikeouts) Mets: Rich Hill (6-4, 3.95 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 92 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTS BOOK LINE: Mets -123, Reds +107; Over / Under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: New York and Cincinnati meet on Saturday.

The Mets are 32-19 in their home seat. New York averages 3.7 RBIs per game this season. Javier Baez leads the team with a total of 66 runs.

The Reds left home at 29:23. Cincinnati Hitters have had a team on base percentage of 0.329 this season, led by Jonathan India with a 0.402 mark.

The Reds won the last meeting 6-2. Sonny Gray took his third win and India went 3-for-4 for Cincinnati with one doubles, two home runs and three RBIs. Miguel Castro recorded his third defeat for New York.

TOP PERFORMER: Pete Alonso leads the Mets with 23 homers and is .508 slug.

Jesse Winker leads the Reds with 48 additional base hits and 59 RBIs.

LAST 10 MATCHES: Mets: 5-5, 0.272 batting average, 4.29 ERA, exceeded by 10 runs

Reds: 7-3, 0.290 batting average, 4.33 ERA, outperformed opponents by eight runs

INJURIES: Mets: Jordan Yamamoto: (shoulder), Noah Syndergaard: (elbow), Robert Stock: (thigh), Sean Reid-Foley: (elbow), David Peterson: (side), Corey Oswalt: (knee), Stephen Nogosek : (Shoulder), Joey Lucchesi: (elbow), Robert Gsellman: (lat), Jacob deGrom: (forearm), Dellin Betances: (shoulder), Jose Peraza: (finger), Jose Martinez: (knee), Francisco Lindor: (aslant).

Reds: Art Warren: (oblique), Lucas Sims: (elbow), Michael Feliz: (elbow), Brandon Bailey: (elbow), Tejay Antone: (forearm), RJ Alaniz: (calf), Nick Senzel: (knee) , Nick Castellanos: (wrist), Mike Moustakas: (heel), Alex Blandino: (hand).

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The Associated Press created this story with the technology of Data Skrive and data from Sports Radar.