Mets @ Red Sox

Who will WIN this matchup?

New York Mets (1-2)

@ Boston Red Sox (1-2)

Starting Pitchers:

Wacha (NYM): 0-0; 0.00 ERA

Osich (BOS) 0-0; 0.00 ERA

Current odds:

New York Mets: (-111)

Boston Red Sox: (+101)

• The Boston Red Sox look to get some of their key offensive players going after a disappointing series loss when they begin a two-city, four-game set against the visiting New York Mets on Monday night. The Red Sox posted 13 runs to win their season opener before being held to six combined in the final two and dropped the series to the rebuilding Baltimore Orioles. Jackie Bradley Jr. (7-for-11, four runs) and J.D. Martinez (5-for-13, three RBIs) are off to strong starts, but Boston needs to get Rafael Devers (1-for-13), Xander Bogaerts (2-for-10) and Andrew Benintendi (0-for-10) in gear with many questions in their starting rotation. The Red Sox will go with an opener on the mound Monday and newcomer Matt Hall on Tuesday before heading to New York, while the Mets counter with veteran right-hander Michael Wacha to start the series.

• New York bused to Boston after getting pounded by Atlanta 14-1 on Sunday night and coughing up a lead in the ninth inning of a loss on Saturday, which followed a 1-0 victory in the season opener. The Mets were outhit 17-6 in Sunday’s defeat, but Michael Conforto had a single and the right fielder is 4-for-8 in the first three games of 2020.

• Wacha makes his Mets debut after signing a one-year deal with the club, following seven seasons with St. Louis. The 29-year-old Iowa native won a career-most 17 games in 2015, but has managed only 33 combined in the last four years after making 24 starts (29 appearances) with the Cardinals in 2019. Jonathan Lucroy is 6-for-16 with a homer versus Wacha, who is 6-7 with a 4.02 ERA in interleague play but has yet to face Boston in the regular season.

• Osich is slated to make his first career start after recording 218 major league appearances as a reliever, including a scoreless inning Saturday. The 31-year-old Osich, who is 10-5 with a 4.86 ERA in parts of six seasons, is expected to go an inning or two Monday and be followed by right-hander Zack Godley. The 30-year-old Godley, who signed a minor-league deal with Boston on July 17, was 4-5 combined with a 5.97 ERA with Arizona and Toronto last season.

• New York 2B Robinson Cano (1-for-9 in 2020) boasts 116 career RBIs versus the Red Sox – his most against any team.

• Boston RF Kevin Pillar is 4-for-8 with a homer and four RBIs in his first two games with the club.

• The Red Sox won two of three games in each of the last two series meetings in 2015 and 2018.