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The New York Mets spent the final three games of a four-game series against the Colorado Rockies honing a formula that might allow them to tread water while waiting for a bevy of injured players to return to action.
Starting Friday, the Atlanta Braves might need to do the same thing.
The pairof undermanned National League East rivals will look to continue the adjustment process Friday, when the Mets are scheduled to host the Braves in the opener of a three-game series.
Taijuan Walker (3-1, 2.05 ERA) is expected to come off the injured list for the Mets and oppose Ian Anderson (4-1, 2.