Baseball. MLB. Regular season
New York Mets vs Houston Astros
Stadium: Citi Field (New York)
29.06.2022. 02:10 (UTC+3)
The New York Mets lost both games to the Astros in Houston a week ago. Now Buck Showalter's team will host a powerful opponent on their home field. Will they be able to get their first win over the Texans this season? Let's pick a few options to bet on at once.
Claim Your Welcome Bonus!The Mets are still the conference leaders
Buck Showalter's team is having a great first half of the championship. Although the team has slumped a bit lately in terms of results, they still retain the top spot not only in their NL Central division but in the entire National League. The Mets are 47-27. Their closest pursuers, the Los Angeles Dodgers, have 45-26.
The starting pitcher for the Mets in the first game of the series with Houston will be Carlos Carrasco, 8-3 and with a 4.42 ERA in 14 games.
Houston nearly swept Yankees
The Mets had their previous series against the not yet most competitive Miami Marlins and won 2 out of 3 games, 5-3, 5-3, 2-3. Houston won 2 out of 4 games in their last series but won against the best team in the American League at the moment, New York Yankees, also away. Moreover, the Astros were close even to a win-to-nil, but allowed their opponent to come back twice at the very last moment – 6-7, 3-1, 3-0, 3-6. In any case, Houston showed that it would be premature to prefer the Yankees in the AL this season.
The Astros' starting pitcher for their first game in New York against the Mets is Framber Valdez, 7-3 and a 2.90 ERA in 14 games.
Head-to-head encounters
The score in the season series is 2-0 in favor of Houston.
In the 2022 preseason, the Astros beat the Mets twice and lost only once.
Expert Betting Tips
The Mets, of course, are counting on beating Houston at home. But the Astros have been performing like a truly the best MLB team in general lately. The Metropolitans will find it extremely difficult to outplay Dusty Baker's Astros as they are now. Even a team as hot as the New York Yankees have had so much trouble in the series with Houston, let alone the declining Mets?
Prediction: Houston will win.
Betting options:
- Houston To Win for 1.80;
- Handicap Houston (-1) for 2.04;
- Houston To Win + Total Under (8.5) for 3.00.
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