NEW YORK METS (36-29, second place/NL East) vs. ATLANTA BRAVES (20-46, fifth place/NL East)
Saturday: LHP Steven Matz (7-3, 2.71) vs. RHP Aaron Blair (0-4, 7.59), 8:15 p.m. ET
Sunday: RHP Jacob deGrom (3-3, 2.82) vs. RHP Julio Teheran (2-7, 2.93), 1:10 p.m. ET
BRAVES SHORT HOPS
John Gant was acquired from the Mets with minor-league right-hander Rob Whalen a week before last year’s trading deadline in the deal that brought Kelly Johnson and Juan Uribe to Queens.