Morning Briefing: Oswalt Looks to Stymie BoSox

Good morning, Mets fans!

Corey Oswalt will face off against 2016 Cy Young award winner Rick Porcello at 4:05 p.m. this afternoon. Yesterday, Mickey Callaway announced that Oswalt would make his ninth career start today. The Mets will look to improve to 10-2-1 over their last 13 series. The game can be viewed on WPIX and 710WOR.

Led by Jay Bruce and Michael Conforto, the Mets bats exploded in route to an 8-0 shutout of the Red Sox. Jeff McNeil, Jay Bruce, Austin Jackson, and Amed Rosario all went deep.

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