Chicago Cubs (22-26) vs New York Mets (25-25)
Game Info: Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 7:40 pm (Wrigley Field)
Kyle Hendricks (0-0) (0.00) vs Carlos Carrasco (0-2) (8.68)
Betting Odds: Chicago Cubs -110 / New York Mets -110 --- Over/Under: 7 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The New York Mets will play the Chicago Cubs in Game 3 of their series on Thursday night at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.
Mets Preview
The New York Mets are 25-25 this season and they have won five of their last seven games. Prior to losing the first two games in this series, New York won all three games in their series against Cleveland. The New York pitching staff has a 4.70 ERA, a 1.35 WHIP, and a .244 opponent batting average this year. The Mets offense has scored 211 runs with a .241 batting average and a .321 on base percentage. Pete Alonso is batting .231 with 18 home runs and 43 RBI’s for the Mets. The projected starting pitcher for New York is Carlos Carrasco, who is 0-2 with an 8.68 ERA and a 1.55 WHIP over 18.2 innings pitched this season.
Cubs Preview
The Chicago Cubs are 22-26 this season and they have won three of their last five games. Chicago won the first two games in this series by scores of 7-2 and 4-2. The Chicago pitching staff has a 4.08 ERA, a 1.22 WHIP, and a .238 opponent batting average. The Cubs offense has scored 231 runs with a .262 batting average and a .339 on base percentage this season. Patrick Wisdom is batting .220 with 12 home runs and 23 RBI’s for the Cubs. The projected starting pitcher for Chicago is Kyle Hendricks, who is making his first appearance of the year.
Trends
New York is 5-2 in their last 7 games and 20-7 in their last 27 Thursday games. The over is 6-3-1 in New York’s last 10 games. Chicago is 3-7 in their last 10 games and 1-6 in their last 7 game three’s of a series. The under is 7-0 in Chicago’s last 7 Thursday games. New York is 9-24 in these two teams last 33 head to head meetings.
Pick
Chicago comes into this game looking for the series sweep, while New York is looking to stay above .500. New York came into this series playing very well, but they have only managed to score four runs in the first two games. The Mets are starting Carlos Carrasco, who has been terrible this season. Carrasco has allowed 18 earned runs over 18.2 innings so far this year. I like the Cubs in this game.
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AUTHOR: David Racey
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