The Mets return to Fenway Park, where 20 years ago they faced the Red Sox in their celebrated 1986 World Series. It is quite surreal to find the Mets here again, and with Pedro pitching for the Mets tomorrow and Roger Clemens still pitching over in Houston. Its even more surreal to find both teams on top of the baseball world again, and a real possiblity of them meeting each other for a World Series rematch.

It will be a first experience for many players such as Jose Reyes and David Wright to experience Fenway and it will be exciting to see how they play in front of an electric Boston crowd. The subplots go on and on, Pedro's return, 1986, the return of the 1986 Boston Red Sox, the Mets and Red Sox both on top of the East in their respective leagues, oh and theres a game to be played here tonight. Lets take a look…

Tonight the Mets will bring Alay Soler (2-1, 3.32) who makes his seventh career start.
He has posted a 0.56 ERA in winning both road starts,
including a two-hit shutout at Arizona on June 10.

The Red Sox will send rookie Jon Lester (2-0, 2.76 ERA) to the mound. The left-hander gave up one run
and three hits with 10 strikeouts over six innings in a 9-3 win over
Washington on Wednesday. That followed up a six-inning, one-run effort
in a 4-1 victory at Atlanta on June 16, the 22-year-old pitcher's first
career win.

This is the first time these two rookie pitchers have ever faced the Mets and Red Sox.

The Mets are a league-best 25-13 on the road and have won 10 of their
last 11 away from Shea Stadium. They're hitting .320 and have outscored
opponents 86-42 in those games

The Red Sox are 11-1 in interleague play this season have won 20 of their last 22 games against the NL.

New York holds an 8-7 advantage over Boston in interleague play.