The always anticipated inter-league meeting between the New York Mets and the New York Yankees will begin this Friday at the Bronx. While the Yankees are firm favorites sitting near the top of the AL East, and the Mets once again find themselves at the bottom of the NL East, general public and bettor interest refuses to wane on the Subway Series. Read on for a preview of each of the three games below.
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Game by Game Betting Preview for the New York Mets vs New York Yankees Regular Season Series Running from July 20-22, 2018
Where: Yankee Stadium
When:
Game 1, Friday, July 20, 7:05PM
Game 2, Saturday, July 21, 1:05PM
Game 3, Sunday, July 22, 8:08PM
Line: New York Mets vs New York Yankees – view all MLB lines
TV Broadcast: ESPN
Game 1, Friday, July 20, 7:05PM
Starters: Noah Syndergaard (5-1, 2.97 ERA) vs. Domingo German (2-5, 5.49 ERA)
Pitching:
Syndergaard returned from a stint on the disabled list and allowed just one earned run on seven hits in five innings of a 4-2 home win over the slumping Nationals on Jul. 13.. Syndergaard is 5-1 with a 2.97 ERA in his starts this year. German picked up a loss in his last start, giving up six earned runs on six hits and issued four walks in only four innings of a 6-5 road loss to Cleveland on Jul. 13. German allowed three earned runs on five hits in six innings of a 4-3 win over the Mets on Jul. 9.
Hitting:
- The current Yankees’ roster is 3-for-25 vs. Syndergaard.
- The current Mets’ roster is 5-for-21 with two homers vs. German.
Writer’s Prediction:
Mets win, 4-3.
Game 2, Saturday, July 21, 1:05PM
Starters: Steven Matz (4-7, 3.38 ERA) vs. Sonny Gray (6-7, 5.46 ERA)
Pitching:
Matz will look to get his first win in the second half of the season. Matz has a 2.91 ERA in his last 13 first-half starts. He is 1-2 with a 2.00 ERA in his last three starts. He surrendered three earned runs on eight hits in 6.1 innings of a 5-4 home loss to Washington on Jul. 12. Gray had a rare solid outing on Jul. 11 when he pitched six scoreless innings to go with eight strikeouts in a 9-0 road in Baltimore.
Hitting:
- Giancarlo Stanton is 4-for-12 with two homers vs. Matz.
- Jose Bautista is 6-for-20 with a homer vs. Gray.
Writer’s Prediction:
Mets win, 5-3.
Game 3, Sunday, July 22, 8:08PM
Starters: Jacob de Grom (5-4, 1.68 ERA) vs. Masahiro Tanaka (7-2, 4.54 ERA)
Pitching:
DeGrom returns from the All-Star break to look for his first win post the midseason rest. In his last regular season start, he tossed 8.0 scoreless innings with seven strikeouts in a 3-0 home win over Philly on Jul. 11. Tanaka has not allowed more than three earned runs in any of his last three starts. That includes a July 15 start in Cleveland wherein Tanaka yielded two earned runs on six hits in 6.1 innings on the mound. He is 0-0 with a 3.45 ERA in his last three starts.
Hitting:
- Giancarlo Stanton is 9-for-25 with four homers vs. deGrom.
- Jose Bautista is 10-for-39 with two homers vs. Tanaka.
Writer’s Prediction:
Yankees win, 4-3.
Writer’s Overall Series Prediction
The Mets (bottom of the NL East) take two of three off of the Yankees, winning this most recent rendition of the Subway Series.
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