New York Mets at San Francisco Giants (Monday 10:08am)
Mets and the Giants meet at AT&T Park on Monday morning. Mets are 2-3 in their last 5 and this certainly doesn’t help with the wild card race, which sees them 4 games behind the Cardinals in the NL league.
Long locks Noah Syndergaard starts for the Mets with a 10-7 record and ERA of 2.76. In his last outing Syndergaard and the Mets completed a long awaited win over the diamondbacks and in the fourth innings hit a two run homer to grab the 7-5 victory. The Mets haven’t looked great on the west coast allowing over 30 hits in the first two games along with two consecutive defeats, in saying that did get the victory Sunday morning with help from Cerpedes and De Aza.
Giant sit top of the NL West Division with the dodgers right on their tail. Giants have had an up and down August, now 4-6 in the last 10. They will finish this series with Samardziji 10-8 and ERA of 4.34, who had an impressive outing in his last start against the Pirates. In six innings he allowed just 3 runs on 6 hits and had over six strikeouts, which we haven’t seen since May.
I'm predicting a tight contest with both pitches coming into this game with confidence and trying to finish strong in the bottom half of the season.
Tip: New York Mets / Under 7.5 - $3.36 at sportsbet
Miami Marlins at Pittsburgh Pirates (Monday 3:35am)
Both teams are in the wildcard race and sit fairly even in the win/loss category. Pirates are 7-3 in the last ten but have dropped the last two in a row to Miami. They have struggled offensively coming off the Giants series. They bring in Vogelsong who is 2-2 with a not so bad ERA of 3.20. Miami are second in the NL East have been on top of Pittsburgh thanks to solid pitching and left fielder Yelich and short stop Rojas. Pirates should bounce back and take this game.
Tip: Pittsburgh Pirates to win - $1.67 at sportsbet
Toronto Blue jays at Cleveland Indians (Monday 3:10am)
Definitely contest of the weekend with the first two games decided by two or less runs. Blue jays will bring in Stroman 9-5 to try and claim game three before heading to a two-day break. Cleveland seem to have the ability to create something late to get over the line. Game one in this series Naquin had a walk off in the ninth to secure victory. Cleveland pitcher Kluber 13-8 has been dominant as of late, he is 5-0 in his past 7. Expect another close contest.
Tip: Cleveland / Under7.5 runs - $2.06 at sportsbet
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