Mets vs Phillies Betting Odds: NL Champs Favored Against Mets

After Slow Start, Phillies Starting to Make Some Noise in the National League

When the season began, a Mets vs Phillies series was not expected to feature teams with a combined record 72-76. According to the Mets vs Phillies betting odds, the Phillies are favored in Friday’s opener.

When looking at the MLB standings, the Mets are 17-25 on the road this season with Philadelphia 19-13 at home as the Phillies are three games out of the last playoff spot in the National League and the Mets are seven games out of playoff position.

Former Met Taijuan Walker is set to be the starting pitcher for the Phillies in the series opener. He will face Kodai Senga. The series finale will feature Max Scherzer pitching for the Mets and another former Met in Zack Wheeler going for Philadelphia.

According to the MLB odds, Philadelphia (+2800) is tied for eighth in the odds to win the MLB World Series. The Mets come in 15th at +3500 in the championship odds.

Probable Pitching Matchups

• Friday: Kodai Senga (Mets) vs Taijuan Walker (Phillies)
• Saturday: Carlos Carrasco (Mets) vs Cristopher Sanchez (Phillies)
• Sunday: Max Scherzer (Mets) vs Zack Wheeler (Phillies)

Shaking the Rust Off

Pete Alonso had home runs in each of the last two full games that he played before a wrist injury sent him to the injured list.

The National League home run leader was 1-for-11 with six strikeouts in his first three games back as he looked like a player who hadn’t been in the lineup in about a week and a half.

In Wednesday’s 10-8 loss to Houston, Alonso hit his first home run since returning to action. The Mets hope that is what he needs to get back in the groove. Still, the Mets are the underdog according to the Mets vs Phillies betting odds.

Four of the last five games that the Mets played against National League teams finished under the total.

Clutch Hits Eluding Phillies

Since scoring 15 times in a win over National League West-leading Arizona, runs have been harder to come by for the Phillies.

In the last six games, the Phillies are just 8-for-59 with runners in scoring position. Still, the Phillies are favored according to the Mets vs Phillies betting odds.

The pitching has kept the Phillies in games and it didn’t hurt that three games against the lowly Oakland Athletics were mixed in there. The Phillies are in the top 10 in runs scored and slugging percentage during the month of June so they have had their moments.

The total has gone under in each of Philadelphia’s last five games.

Who’s Hot

• Craig Kimbrel, Philadelphia Phillies P: Kimbrel has allowed two hits and no runs with 10 strikeouts over five innings in his last five appearances.
• David Robertson, New York Mets P: Robertson has surrendered three hits and no runs with five strikeouts in four innings over his last four games.
• Kyle Schwarber, Philadelphia Phillies OF: Schwarber has four home runs, five extra-base hits, six runs scored and six RBIs in his last eight games.
• Daniel Vogelbach, New York Mets 1B: Vogelbach is batting .412 with two home runs, seven RBIs and four runs over his last five games.

Who’s Not

• Carlos Carrasco, New York Mets: Carrasco has given up 17 hits, four home runs and 12 runs in 12.2 innings in his last three starts.
• Kody Clemens, Philadelphia Phillies 1B: Clemens is 1-for-19 with five strikeouts over his last five games.
• Yunior Marte, Philadelphia Phillies P: Marte has surrendered nine hits and seven runs in four innings in his last four outings.
• Jeff McNeil, New York Mets IF: McNeil is 2-for-17 with no extra-base hits and four strikeouts in the last five games.

Mets vs Phillies Injury Update

Mets relief pitcher Josh Walker is questionable due to a leg injury while pitcher Drew Smith will serve the final three games of his 10-game suspension for having banned substances on his hands during this MLB season.

An elbow injury has Phillies pitcher Andrew Painter considered day-to-day. Pitcher Seranthony Dominguez is on the 15-day injured list.

Mets vs Phillies Betting Preview

The teams have been heading in different directions. The Phillies are 13-6 in the month of June while the Mets are just 5-13 in the month. The pitching has let down the Mets as the 4.85 ERA is 25th out of 30 MLB teams. Only four National League teams have more home runs in June than the Mets and that is without Alonso for part of the month.

The Phillies are priced at -120 to win the series opener with the majority of the early action coming in on Philadelphia.

The Mets have won four straight games against the Phillies and eight of the last nine. Each of the last four games has been decided by either one of two runs with the last three MLB matchups all finishing under the total.

The Phillies are 26-17 when listed as the favorite with the Mets 7-16 as the underdog.

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