Brewers and Mets meet to start NL Wild Card Series

New York Mets (89-73, third in NL East during regular season) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (93-69, first in NL Central during regular season)

Milwaukee; Tuesday, 5:32 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABILITIES: Mets: Luis Severino (11-7, 3.91 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 161 strikeouts); Brewers: Freddy Peralta (11-9, 3.68 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 200 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTS BOOK: Brewers LINE -143, Mets +121; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets play Game 1 of the NL Wild Card Series.

Milwaukee is 93-69 overall and 47-34 at home. The Brewers are 37-11 in games where they have not allowed a home run.

New York went 43-38 on the road and 89-73 overall. Mets hitters are batting a collective .246, which ranks seventh in the NL.

Tuesday’s game is the seventh meeting between these teams this season. The Brewers lead 5-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: William Contreras has a .281 batting average to lead the Brewers and has 37 doubles, two triples and 23 home runs. Jackson Chourio is 11-for-37 with two RBIs over the last 10 games.

Pete Alonso is second on the Mets with 65 extra-base hits (31 doubles and 34 home runs). Mark Vientos is 10-for-39 with a double, three homers and eight RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Brewers: 5-5, .233 batting average, 3.74 ERA, one-run opponents

Mets: 5-5, .217 batting average, 5.02 ERA, led by 13 runs

INJURIES: Brewers: Rob Zastryzny: 60-day IL (elbow), Christian Yelich: 60-day IL (back), Bryse Wilson: 15-day IL (oblique), Robert Gasser: 60-day IL (flexor), Oliver Dunn : 60-day IL (back), JB Bukauskas: 60-day IL (lat), Wade Miley: 60-day IL (elbow), Brandon Woodruff: 60-day IL (elbow)

Mets: Christian Scott: 60-day IL (elbow), Jeff McNeil: 10-day IL (wrist), Sean Reid-Foley: 60-day IL (shoulder), Dedniel Nunez: 15-day IL (forearm), Paul Blackburn: IL 15 days (hand), Kodai Senga: IL 60 days (calf), Drew Smith: IL 60 days (elbow), Brooks Raley: IL 60 days (elbow), Ronny Mauricio: IL 60 days (knee)

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