New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants Prediction: A close contest expected

On Saturday, Major League Baseball action will take place at Citi Field, featuring a matchup between the New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants. The Giants just finished a series against the Blue Jays. After splitting the first two games, the San Francisco Giants were defeated in a close contest on the third and final day of the series. As for the Mets, they faced off against the Brewers this week and came out on the losing end of two of the three games.

On Tuesday, the New York Mets defeated the Milwaukee Brewers by a score of 7-2, but in their other two games, they were defeated. On Thursday, New York held a 2-0 lead going into the sixth inning, but they were unable to hold on and ended up losing 3-2. In six and a half innings, Max Scherzer allowed two runs on seven hits and two walks. On Saturday, New York Mets starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco will take the mound for his team. Carrasco has a record of 2-3 with a 6.19 earned run average and 33 strikeouts in 48.0 innings pitched over his 10 starts this season. Carrasco has played in 293 games (246 starts) over his career, compiling a record of 106-88 with a 3.95 earned run average. The New York Mets have a record of 11-28 over their previous 39 games played against teams that have a winning record, and they have a record of 1-4 over their last five games played against teams from the NL West. The total went under in eight of the last ten games played by the New York Mets on Saturday.

The San Francisco Giants won the first game of their series against the Toronto Blue Jays by a score of 3-0 on Tuesday, but they were defeated by a score of 6-1 in game two. Despite getting five hits in their final game, the San Francisco Giants lost by a score of 2-1. Keaton Winn, the starter, went 6.0 innings and allowed two earned runs on three hits and a walk. Alex Cobb will take the field as the opening pitcher on Saturday. Cobb has made 14 starts so far this season and has a record of 5-2 with a 3.09 ERA, 76 strikeouts, and 78.2 innings pitched. Cobb has a career record of 75–70 and a 3.80 earned run average across 216 starts. The San Francisco Giants have a record of 16-5 in their last 21 games overall and a record of 5-1 in their last six games against teams from the National League East. In their last 38 matches, San Francisco has a record of 27-11.

In this matchup, I'm going to stick with the New York Mets. Carrasco had a bad start against St. Louis on June 18, with three innings pitched and five runs earned, but he is coming off a solid performance against Philadelphia, with four innings pitched and two runs earned. However, Carrasco will need to display a strong performance in this arena. On Thursday, the Mets' pitching rotation as a whole turned in a really nice performance for the team. Despite having nine hits as a team, the offense was unable to create enough runs. I believe that the New York Mets will make a comeback in this area.