Atlanta Braves (72-46) vs New York Mets (75-42)
Game Info: Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 7:20 pm (Truist Park)
Jake Odorizzi (4-4) (3.80) vs Max Scherzer (8-2) (1.93)
Betting Odds: Atlanta Braves +125 / New York Mets -145 --- Over/Under: 7.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The New York Mets will play the Atlanta Braves in Game 3 of their series at Truist Park on Wednesday night.
The New York Mets are 75-42 this season and have lost three of their last five games. New York has lost the first two games of this series by scores of 13-1 and 5-0. The New York pitching staff has a 3.52 ERA, a 1.19 WHIP, and a .234 opponent batting average this season. The Mets offense has scored 553 runs with a .258 batting average and a .328 on base percentage. Pete Alonso is batting .277 with 29 home runs and 97 RBI’s for the Mets this season. The projected starter for New York is Max Scherzer, who is 8-2 with a 1.93 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP over 102.2 innings pitched this season.
The Atlanta Braves are 72-46 this season and have won eight games in a row. Prior to winning the first two games of this series, Atlanta won all four games in their series against the Marlins. The Atlanta pitching staff has a 3.58 ERA, a 1.22 WHIP, and a .231 opponent batting average. The Braves offense has scored 575 runs with a .252 batting average and a .317 on base percentage this year. Matt Olson is batting .252 with 25 home runs and 79 RBI’s for the Braves this season. The projected starter for Atlanta is Jake Odorizzi, who is 4-4 with a 3.80 ERA and a 1.27 WHIP over 68.2 innings pitched this season.
New York is 5-0 in their last 5 Wednesday games and 22-5 in their last 27 game three’s of a series. The over is 8-1-1 in New York’s last 10 game three’s of a series. Atlanta is 6-0 in their last 6 games against the NL East and 8-3 in their last 11 Wednesday games. The over is 4-1-2 in Atlanta’s last 7 game three’s of a series. The over is 6-1-1 in these two teams last 8 head to head meetings.
The Mets have not looked good in this series and are watching their lead in the NL East shrink. New York will turn to Max Scherzer in this game, who has allowed three earned runs in his last 27.2 innings pitched. For Atlanta, Jake Odorizzi has allowed four earned runs over 8.2 innings for the Braves. I like the Mets in this game behind Scherzer.
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AUTHOR: David Racey
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