New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants

San Francisco is on a 2-12 run as they head to the East Coast. The offense is 25th in runs scored, 21st in on-base percentage, and 28th in slugging. Robbie Ray is getting wild again, walking 10 batters in his last three starts (16 innings). The Giants lost all three and are 3-5 in their previous eight starts. First-place New York is 37-16 at home. The offense is 13th in on-base percentage and 12th in slugging. David Peterson (2.83 ERA) is 5-0 at home with a 1.91 ERA. The Mets are 9-1 in his 10 home starts. Play New York. 

San Francisco will look to salvage the final game of the series and it is scheduled to start Matt Gage in what likely will be a bullpen game. The Giants relievers have a 3.18 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP this season. Kodai Senga has been a spot starter for New York and he allowed four runs in three innings his last outing on Monday against the Angels. San Francisco still is 28-21 at home and the Mets are 23-28 on the road. The UNDER is 6-0 in Senga's past six starts in the third game of a series and the UNDER is 5-0 when he goes up against teams with winning records. The Mets have gone UNDER six of seven road games versus left-handed starters. Take the Giants and the UNDER.

The San Francisco Giants survived a six-game losing streak and have fallen seven games behind the LA Dodgers in the NL West. They are still very much a wild-card candidate. They came out of the losing streak by winning two in a row, but fell to the Mets last night. The Mets easily took the opener with a blowout 11-1 win here last night. The Mets have a good shot tonight behind David Peterson. Peterson has been a hot pitcher; in his previous three starts, he has allowed a total of 2 earned runs over 19.2 innings of work. The Giants counter with Robbie Ray, but he seemed to lose all his momentum as he came out of the All-Star break, allowing five runs in just four innings in Toronto. I like the NY Mets in this one.