Amid their worst season in more than two decades, the New York Mets can’t even get a break from Mother Nature.

Following an unexpected day off Tuesday, the Mets will host the Atlanta Braves in a day-night doubleheader on Wednesday for the final two contests of a three-game series.

Tuesday’s game was postponed due to thunderstorms in the New York area.

Left-hander Sean Manaea (2-5, 4.52 ERA) and right-hander Christian Scott (3-2, 3.13) will start, in that order, for the Mets on Wednesday.

Scott had been slated to start Tuesday against Braves ace left-hander Chris Sale (11-6, 2.19), who will pitch Wednesday night in the second game.

The Braves are expected to activate right-hander AJ Smith-Shawver for the opening game of the doubleheader. Smith-Shawyer hasn’t pitched for Atlanta since he underwent Tommy John surgery in June of last season.

Francisco Lindor hit two of the Mets’ four homers in a 14-3 romp over the Braves in the series opener on Monday. The win was the second straight for the Mets, who recorded an 8-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.

The Mets’ 22 runs over two games matched New York’s total in a seven-game span that ended Saturday. Such inconsistency has been the norm this season for the Mets, who are 45-62 and in last place in the National League East — where they haven’t finished last since 2003, when they went 66-95.

“Up and down the lineup, we had really good at-bats,” Mets interim manager Andy Green said. “Team effort and a fun one.”

The Braves didn’t have much fun over the last three innings Monday, when Connor Thomas gave up 11 runs before utilityman Jorge Mateo got the final out. The 14 runs allowed were a season high for Atlanta.

The lopsided loss continued an inconsistent stretch for the Braves, who have gone 17-23 since June 7.

Atlanta, which led the NL East by as many as 10 1/2 games in May, enter Wednesday’s doubleheader with a six-game lead over the second-place Philadelphia Phillies.

Consistency hasn’t been an issue for Sale, who has allowed three runs or less in each of his last 16 starts — including last Thursday, when he earned the win after surrendering three runs over six innings as the Braves edged the San Diego Padres 6-5.

Sale is 36-14 with a 2.39 ERA for the Braves since 2024 after going 17-18 with a 4.16 ERA for the Boston Red Sox while battling multiple injuries from 2019 through 2023.

“It defies logic, really,” Braves manager Walt Weiss said. “After all the time he’s missed in Boston and then coming here and doing what he’s done to rejuvenate an already great career, at this point in his career, is amazing.”

Sale is 3-0 with a 2.43 ERA in six career starts against the Mets. He faced them on July 4, throwing five innings of three-run, seven-hit ball, striking out three and walking two in a 14-3 victory.

Manaea didn’t factor into the decision last Friday, when he gave up one run over six innings as the Mets fell 4-2 to the Dodgers. He is 0-3 with a 3.72 ERA in five career games (four starts) against the Braves.

Scott took the defeat in his most recent start after allowing three runs over 3 2/3 innings in the Mets’ 4-3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers last Wednesday. He is 0-2 with a 5.40 ERA in two starts against the Braves.

Smith-Shawver made his fifth rehab start last Thursday, when he allowed an unearned run over four innings for Triple-A Gwinnett. He has never opposed the Mets.

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Personal history could be in the making when San Francisco Giants ace Logan Webb faces the visiting Milwaukee Brewers in the finale of a three-game series on Wednesday afternoon.

The clubs have split the first two games of the set, each getting a solid effort from a starting pitcher, the first by the Giants’ Tyler Mahle in a 3-0 win Monday before Logan Henderson threw 5 2/3 shutout innings in an 8-2 Brewers triumph in the rematch.

Webb will take the mound having gone winless (0-2 with a 7.54 ERA) in his four July starts. The three-time All-Star has never gone winless in any month with five or more starts in his career.

It’s all part of an up-and-down season for Webb, who had an ERA of 7.36 in two March starts, followed by 3.27 in April, 7.56 in May and 0.71 in June. If the pattern holds, August should be a strong month for him.

The encouraging news for Webb (5-7, 3.98 ERA) is that he’s never lost to the Brewers, going 5-0 with a 1.79 ERA in eight lifetime starts. Only Chan Ho Park (7-0 in 16 games/11 starts), Curt Young (7-0 in 13 games/10 starts) and Shelby Miller (5-0 in 12 games/nine starts) have gone at least 5-0 in a minimum of nine career starts against Milwaukee.

Webb, a 29-year-old right-hander, continued his mastery of the Brewers last month when he shut them out on one hit over seven innings in 1-0 win at Milwaukee on June 3.

Webb’s mound rival on Wednesday is scheduled to be left-hander Shane Drohan (5-4, 3.51 ERA), who has alternated wins and losses in his past four starts, going at least six innings in each.

The 27-year-old rookie made his only career appearance against the Giants on June 1, pitching the first four innings of a 16-2 home win, allowing two runs.

Webb will seek to give his team a pick-me-up after news Tuesday that 27-year-old slugger Casey Schmitt had torn the meniscus in his left knee during the win on Monday. He likely will be out for the season after compiling a .271 batting average, 21 homers and 55 RBIs.

“I’ve given him a couple of hugs, just telling him just to keep his head up and be proud of how he played this year and the season he had and position he put himself in,” Webb said in a televised interview before Tuesday’s game. “He put himself on the map. We all knew how good he was before, but now the world knows how good he is. Just be proud of that.”

The Brewers, on the other hand, continue to add talent to the lineup. Infielder Cooper Pratt, a June call-up from the minors, and outfielder Luis Lara, who earned his promotion earlier this month, combined for two hits, three runs and four RBIs in Tuesday’s win.

Webb has never pitched against either of them.

Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Pratt’s solid start — he’ll take a .283 average into the series finale — has helped Lara, his former minor league teammate who is hitting .289.

Both are 21.

“I think one sees the other handling it, and that helps each other,” Murphy observed to the media last week. “They both play defense. They both base run, and offensively, it’ll be a work in progress.”

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Unless the front office decides against dealing him, Tarik Skubal will make his last start as a member of the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series against the visiting Baltimore Orioles.

Skubal, 29, has extra motivation to pitch on Wednesday — he needs one more strikeout to reach 1,000 for his career.

“I’m pitching tomorrow,” the left-hander said before Tuesday’s game. “I got something cool that I want to accomplish at home, so that won’t change.”

Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said he has no plans to hold out his ace as Monday’s trade deadline approaches.

“We’re trying to win the series, so it puts us in a better position to be a playoff team,” Hinch said before the Tigers’ 14-0 thumping of the Orioles on Tuesday. “The information I have is, win the series. We obviously need to win tonight to put us in that position. But I fully expect him to start.”

Skubal (7-5, 2.70 ERA) needed a few starts after his elbow procedure in early May to get back into a Cy Young groove. He’s regained that form in his last two outings.

On July 18, Skubal blanked the Los Angeles Angels for seven innings, limited them to five hits without a walk while striking out nine in a 7-0 victory. On Friday, he held the Kansas City Royals to one run and four hits in 7 1/3 innings of a 2-1 win. He walked two and struck out a season-high 12 batters.

He’s overpowered the Orioles in five career starts, posting a 4-1 record and a 1.17 ERA, with 38 strikeouts in 30 2/3 innings.

With much less fanfare, Baltimore left-hander Trevor Rogers is another coveted left-handed starter who could be dealt over the next week. Rogers, who will be Skubal’s mound opponent on Wednesday, consistently has provided quality innings the last two months after a rough April and May.

Rogers (6-7) has a 1.80 ERA over nine starts, lowering his season ERA to 4.17. He has given up just five earned runs in his last six starts but has three consecutive no-decisions due to a lack of run support.

In his last outing on Friday, he held Atlanta to two runs in seven innings without issuing a walk as Baltimore lost 7-6 in 10 innings.

“Rog was outstanding (Friday),” Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said. “He threw the ball extremely well, real efficient, pounding the strike zone. He did an outstanding job for us.”

Rogers is headed for free agency unless he signs an extension. With starting pitching at a premium, Rogers may be making his last start in an Orioles uniform.

“It really just goes back to controlling what I can control,” Rogers said of the trade deadline. “At the end of the day, I can’t control it.”

He’s been extremely efficient with the things under his control since taking a 2-6 record and 6.84 ERA into June.

“I’m being really consistent right now. That’s probably what I’m most happy about,” Rogers said.

Rogers gave up four runs in 4 2/3 innings to Detroit on May 24. He’s 1-1 with a 3.72 ERA in two career outings against the Tigers.

Detroit snapped a three-game losing streak with its lopsided victory on Tuesday. The Tigers scored in every at-bat, with a huge boost from Eduardo Valencia.

Brought up from Triple-A Toledo earlier in the week, Valencia pounded two homers and drove in four runs. Valencia is now the team’s No. 2 catcher, as Jake Rogers was designated for assignment on Tuesday.

–Field Level Media