After an unpleasant road trip that took the team through two-fifths of the AL East, the Mets (30-20) return to their friendly home turf to take on the defending World Series champion Dodgers (31-19). In the regular season last year, the Mets dropped four out of six to the Dodgers, which included a late May sweep at Citi Field that famously included Jorge Lopez hurling his glove into the crowd. It remains to be seen whether a non-descript reliever will do the same this year to turn the team’s fortunes around. The Mets later played L.
Mets limp home to take on defending World Series champion Dodgers
