Marlins vs. Mets: Start time, how to watch, game thread and Fish Picks—August 31, 2021

Welcome to Tuesday’s Marlins (55-76, -36 RD) vs. Mets (63-67, -28 RD) game thread. Let’s play two...sort of—these teams will be resuming their suspended game from April 11 in the afternoon, then playing as originally scheduled in the evening.

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Marlins Starting Lineup

1. LF Corey Dickerson (traded) LF Jorge Alfaro
2. CF Starling Marte (traded) C Alex Jackson
3. 1B Jesús Aguilar
4. 3B Brian Anderson
5. RF Adam Duvall (traded) RF Jesús Sánchez
6. 2B Jazz Chisholm Jr.
7. SS Miguel Rojas
8. C Chad Wallach (waived) CF Bryan De La Cruz
9. P John Curtiss (traded) P Elieser Hernandez

Baseball Savant

Notes: Edward Cabrera will pitch the night game...Bryan De La Cruz is making a bid to become only the second player in Marlins history to maintain a .500 batting average on balls in play for an entire month while starting regularly.

Mets Starting Lineup

1. CF Brandon Nimmo
2. SS Francisco Lindor
3. LF Dom Smith
4. 1B Pete Alonso
5. 2B Jeff McNeil
6. RF Michael Conforto
7. 3B Luis Guillorme (injured) 3B Jonathan Villar
8. C Tomás Nido (injured) C Patrick Mazeika
9. P Marcus Stroman P Taijuan Walker

Notes: During August home games, the Mets have a 5-1 record against the depleted Nationals and an 0-7 record against all other opponents...Both of these teams have had issues with offensive consistency, scoring two runs or fewer in 47 games, tied for the third-highest total in the majors...Watch out for old friend Villar. He’s slashing .311/.403/.503 at Citi Field this year, and overall, he’s 11-for-his-last-22 at the plate (.500 BA).

How to watch/listen/follow

Resumption of the suspended game is scheduled for 1:10 p.m. ET and out-of-market fans can find it on MLB Network. First pitch of the regularly scheduled game with be 7:10 p.m. ET. Watch on Bally Sports Florida or listen to the radio broadcast on 940 WINZ.

Alex Krutchik will handle the game recap article.

All Marlins full-season minor league affiliates are also in action (weather permitting). Follow @FishProspects for notes and highlights.

Fish Picks

Please submit your picks for the following props. The contest locks at first pitch.

1. Who records more strikeouts? (Edward Cabrera/Elieser Hernandez)
2. Over/Under 5:59 combined time of both game? (Over/Under)
3. Will anybody attempt to steal third base? (Yes/No)
4. Who wins the day game? (Marlins/Mets)
5. Who wins the night game? (Marlins/Mets)