The Washington Nationals (27-31) are favored on the moneyline (-118) in Monday’s contest against the New York Mets (24-35). Game time is at 6:45 PM ET on MASN. The Mets, with +158 odds, are favored against the spread (1.5).
Washington’s MacKenzie Gore and New York’s Tylor Megill have been named the starters for this contest.
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Nationals and Mets Betting Trends
The Nationals have won 60% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (3-2).
Washington has played as moneyline favorites of -118 or shorter in only two games this season, which it won both.
This season, the Mets have been the underdog 30 times and won 11, or 36.7%, of those games.
New York has a record of 9-16, a 36% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of -101 or more by oddsmakers this season.
The Nationals have had an over/under set by bookmakers 58 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 25 of those games (25-31-2).
So far this season, the Mets and their opponents have hit the over in 31 of their 59 games with a total.
Nationals Stats & Insights
The Nationals score the fifth-fewest runs in baseball (230 total, four per game).
Washington is fourth-worst in MLB action with 47 home runs.
The Nationals are 24th in the majors with a .230 batting average.
Washington strikes out 8.2 times per game to rank 10th in the majors.
The pitching staff for the Nationals has a collective eight K/9, the fifth-worst in the majors.
Washington has a 3.86 team ERA that ranks 12th across all MLB pitching staffs.
Mets Stats & Insights
The Mets have scored 249 runs (4.2 per game) this season, which ranks 18th in MLB.
New York’s 63 home runs rank 12th in Major League Baseball.
The Mets’ .236 batting average ranks 17th in the league this season.
New York ranks 12th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.1 Ks per contest.
The Mets strike out nine batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-best in MLB.
New York has the 21st-ranked ERA (4.25) in the majors this season.
Nationals Key Players to Watch
Gore gets the start for the Nationals, his 12th of the season. He is 4-4 with a 2.91 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 58 2/3 innings pitched.
C.J. Abrams leads Washington with nine home runs this season. He’s batting .249 with 26 RBI.
Jesse Winker has 43 hits and an OBP of .342 to go with a slugging percentage of .380 this season.
Luis Garcia leads Washington with a .273 batting average while slugging five homers and driving in 26 runs.
Jacob Young has 39 hits and an OBP of .325 to go with a slugging percentage of .315 this season.
Mets Key Players to Watch
The Mets’ Megill (0-2) will make his fourth start of the season.
Pete Alonso has launched a team-best 13 home runs.
Francisco Lindor is batting .227 with 13 doubles, nine home runs and 18 walks.
Brandon Nimmo paces the Mets with 31 runs batted in.
Starling Marte has a club-leading .267 batting average.
Nationals and Mets Injuries
Nationals: Josiah Gray: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Mason Thompson: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Cade Cavalli: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Jose Ferrer: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), C.J. Abrams: day-to-day (Shoulder)
Mets: Edwin Díaz: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Brooks Raley: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Francisco Álvarez: 15 Day IL (Thumb), Shintaro Fujinami: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Ronny Mauricio: 60 Day IL (Knee), Kodai Senga: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
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