Preview of Monday in the NL East

Philadelphia at San Diego, 10:05 et

• Phillies: Joe Blanton (3-3, 6.14 era) 
• Padres: Kevin Correia (1-3, 5.11 era)

The Phils enter the coming off of a 4-2 home-stand. They swept the Nationals for the second time this year, and are starting to find some consistent starting pitching. Blanton is coming off of his best start of the year. Tuesday, Blanton went 7 innings allowing just 5 hits while blanking the Marlin offense. 

The Padres will counter with Kevin Correia who was touched up in his last start to the tune of 6 runs in 5.2 innings in a loss to the D'Backs. The Padres lost two of three to the Rockies over the weekend, and will look to get back on the right note after having won ten straight last week. Adrian Gonzalez leads the National League in homers with 20. 

The teams meet 3 times in San Diego before closing out the season series back at CBP with a make-up game later this season.

NY Mets at Pittsburgh, 7:05et

• Mets: Livan Hernandez (4-1, 4.28 era)
• Pirates: Ian Snell (1-6, 5.43 era)

The Mets will hope to get a bit more healthy than they've been the last few weeks. Jose Reyes is expected to be activated by Friday, and Carlos Beltran is expected to be back in the 3-hole Monday night. Hernandez is coming off of his best outing of the year, which was a complete game vs. the Nationals in which he held them to one run.

Snell struggled his last time out. He went 5 innings and allowed 6 runs vs. the Cubs last week.  The Pirates will look to right the ship from last week, as they lost 4 out of 5 entering Monday's play.

Milwaukee at Florida, 7:10et

• Brewers: Jeff Suppan (3-4, 5.23 era)
• Marlins: Andrew Miller (1-2, 4.55 era)

The Marlins lost 2 of 3 to the Mets over the weekend after taking 2 of 3 from the Fightins at CBP earlier this week. Hanley Ramirez has returned from his groin injury, and Jeremy Hermida has shown signs of a hitter the last few days.

The Brewers sit atop the NL Central with a 30-20 mark, a year after losing their top two starting pitchers. They enter the series having just swept the Reds at Miller Park. Ryan Braun heads the Brewer offense, hitting .316 with 9 homers and 32 rbi.