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Jose Canseco Jersey Pirates take home losing streak into matchup with the Mets September 6 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink New York Mets (85-50, first in the NL East) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (49-84, fifth in the NL Central)Pittsburgh; Tuesday, 6:35 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Mets: Taijuan Walker (10-3, 3.45 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 93 strikeouts); Pirates: Mitch Keller (4-10, 4.43 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, 107 strikeouts) LINE: Mets -228, Pirates +189; over/under is 8 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Pirates play the New York Mets looking to end their eight-game home skid.Pittsburgh has a 26-39 record at home and a 49-84 record overall. The Pirates are 31-11 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.New York is 85-50 overall and 39-27 in road Dave Henderson Jersey games. Mets hitters are batting a collective .256, which ranks fourth in the NL.The matchup Tuesday is the first meeting this season between the two teams.TOP PERFORMERS: Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh with 21 home runs while slugging .447. Rodolfo Castro is 7-for-29 with two home runs and three RBI over the past 10 games.Pete Alonso has 23 doubles and 32 home runs for the Mets. Jeff McNeil is 11-for-35 with a double over the past 10 games.LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 2-8, .207 batting average, 4.60 ERA, outscored by 29 runsMets: 6-4, .230 batting average, 2.80 ERA, outscored by one runINJURIES: Pirates: Colin Holderman: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ke'Bryan Hayes: day-to-day (shoulder), Yerry De Los Santos: 60-Day IL (lat), David Bednar: 15-Day IL (back), Dillon Peters: 15-Day IL (elbow), Max Dennis Eckersley Jersey Kranick: 60-Day IL (elbow), Canaan Smith-Njigba: 60-Day IL (wrist), Roberto Perez: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Blake Cederlind: 60-Day IL (elbow)Mets: Max Scherzer: day-to-day (side), Trevor May: 15-Day IL (undisclosed), Brett Baty: 10-Day IL (thumb), Stephen Nogosek: 15-Day IL (oblique), Luis Guillorme: 10-Day IL (groin), Drew Smith: 15-Day IL (back), Tylor Megill: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Sean Reid-Foley: 60-Day IL (elbow), John Curti s: 60-Day IL (elbow), Joey Lucchesi: 60-Day IL (elbow)___The A sociated Pre s created this story using technology provided by and data from . in this topic National League Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball New York Mets Jeff McNeil John Curti s Tylor Megill Joey Lucchesi Drew Smith Rodolfo Castro Max Scherzer Blake Kendall Graveman Jersey Cederlind Ke'Bryan Hayes Pete Alonso Luis Guillorme David Bednar Dillon Peters Bryan Reynolds Stephen Nogosek Max Kranick Pittsburgh Pirates New York Mets share World Cup fans find booze at hotels, Qatar's 1 liquor store Qatar's strict rules regarding alcohol have drawn attention as it hosts the World Cup 6 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Sterling leaves England World Cup camp after home break-in England forward Raheem Sterling has left his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned to the U.K. after a break-in at his home 9 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 33 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 1 HOUR Rollie Fingers Jersey AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS