Today at 1:10 p.m. ET, the Philadelphia Phillies (3-3) and New York Mets (3-3) open up a three-game set live from Citi Field in New York.
Philadelphia hits the road for the first time this season after going 3-3 at Citizen's Bank Park to open things up. The Phillies dropped two of three to the Atlanta Braves then promptly took two of three from the defending NL East champion Washington Nationals.
New York plays its home-opener at Citi Field after splitting their season-opening road trip by taking two of three from Washington and then dropping two of three to Atlanta.
Aaron Harang (1-0, 0.00 ERA) takes the mound for the Phillies while the Mets counter with 2014 NL Rookie of the Year Jacob deGrom, who is 0-1 with a 3.00 ERA.
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Harang, who had a brief stint with the Mets in 2013, toes the rubber after holding the Boston Red Sox scoreless through 6.1 innings on Wednesday. Harang is 6-5 with a 4.25 ERA in 13 starts against New York.
DeGrom enters Monday after suffering a hard-luck loss to the Nationals on Wednesday. He gave up just two runs in six innings against Washington, but the Mets' offense was stifled.
Philadelphia embarks on a seven-game road trip and will look to heat up the bats of second baseman Chase Utley and first baseman Ryan Howard as both have struggled to start the campaign.
The Phillies are coming in off of a 4-3 loss to the Nationals in 10 innings on Sunday that saw Darin Ruf notch a solo shot.
New York begins a 10-game home stand and salvaged the final game of its series with Atlanta on Sunday with a 4-3 victory. Second baseman Daniel Murphy's sacrifice fly in the eighth inning brought home the winning run while left fielder Michael Cuddyer blasted his first homer as a Met.
Citi Field opens its gates for the first time since September when the Mets host the Braves live this afternoon in New York.
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