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Where to watch Phillies vs. Mets in London: TV channel, game times, live stream, prediction, storylines

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For the third time in history, Major League Baseball will play regular season games in London this weekend. The NL East rivals New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies have heded across the pond to play the two-game London Series. The 2019 London Series, which featured the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, was MLB's first ever trip to Europe. The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals played in the 2023 London Series.

"I think everybody is excited to go," Phillies manager Rob Thomson said earlier this week (via

. "I think this is going to be unique, and it's going to be a great experience for everybody involved."

The 2024 London Series will again be played at London Stadium, which was built for the 2012 London Olympics. It's a multipurpose facility that is currently the home of the Premier League club West Ham United. London Stadium seats 62,500 for soccer matches and will seat a touch more for this weekend's baseball games.

Here are the details for this weekend's Mets vs. Phillies series in London. Both games can be streamed on fubo (try for free).

The Mets and Phillies were both off Thursday and Friday -- MLB and the two teams are participating in promotional events leading up to this weekend's games -- so they'll go into the London Series with well-rested bullpens.

Although they enter the London Series with a disappointing 27-35 record, the Mets are hot. They just swept three games from the Washington Nationals and have won five of their last seven games overall. The Phillies have been the best team in the National League all season. They are 44-19 overall and have won six of their last seven games. Both teams are playing well.

This is a home-and-home series. The Mets will be the home team Saturday and the Phillies will be the home team Sunday. To make the schedule work, the Mets and Phillies played a usual four-game home-and-home series last month. They played two games at Citi Field from May 13-14, then two games at Citizens Bank Park from May 15-16. The Phillies won three of four.

Here now are four things to know heading into the London Series, plus a prediction because why not?

1. This is MLB's third trip to London

As noted, this is the third time MLB will play regular season games in London. The Red Sox and Yankees played the inaugural London Series in 2019, and then, after the pandemic delayed things for a few years, MLB made its return to London with the Cardinals and Cubs in 2023. Here are the previous London Series results:

2019 London Series

June 29: Yankees 17, Red Sox 13 (box score)

June 30: Yankees 12, Red Sox 8 (box score)

2023 London Series

June 24: Cubs 9, Cardinals 1 (box score)

June 25: Cardinals 7, Cubs 5 (box score)

The 2019 London Series was arena baseball. The Red Sox and Yankees combined for 12 runs in the first inning of the first game, and five times in the two games, six-plus runs were scored in a half-inning. The two teams combined to hit .387/.453/.661 with 10 home runs in the two games. It was madness. The 2023 London Series was much more normal, for lack of a better term.

MLB and the London Stadium folks made changes to the playing surface in 2023, though the league said it was not in response to all the offense in 2019. The seating arrangement was changed and foul territory was reduced. It will be 330 feet down both lines, 387 feet in the gaps, and 392 feet to center field. The 16-foot center field wall slopes down to eight feet.

Two Mets players have prior London Series experience: J.D. Martinez and Adam Ottavino. Martinez went 6 for 9 with two doubles and a home run in the two games as a member of the Red Sox in 2019. Ottavino, then with the Yankees, allowed two hits and a walk in 1/2 scoreless innings in two appearances in 2019. No Phillies player has played in a London Series previously.

2. Each team gets an extra player

The Mets and Phillies will have a 27-man active roster in London, so they get an extra player. They are still limited to 13 pitchers, however, so the extra player must be a position player. The two teams will bring a three-man taxi squad for the London Series as well. It would be rather difficult to call someone up between games in the event of injury, you know?

The Mets are bringing third baseman Brett Baty, catcher Joe Hudson, and righty reliever Cole Sulser as their three-man taxi squad, and Baty will be their 27th man. Catcher Rafael Marchán, first baseman Darick Hall, and righty Nick Nelson will be Philadelphia's taxi squad, per the Philadelphia Inquirer.

3. Suárez is coming off an injury

Suárez, who has been one of the best pitchers in the league this season, exited his last start after taking a comebacker to his pitching hand. X-rays were negative, and after letting the swelling subside for a few days, Suárez was able to play catch