The Texas Rangers and the New York Mets meet in the finale of their three-game interleague series from Citi Field on Wednesday. The Rangers have won the first two games of the series, can they complete the sweep? Let’s dive in and find out.

Rangers Win Back-To-Back Games

The Texas Rangers managed to nab a 2-1 win from the Mets on Tuesday, bringing Texas to 74-57 on the year, still sitting tied atop the AL West with the Mariners and the Astros. Adolis Garcia has a team-high 32 home runs and 95 RBIs while Marcus Semien has a team-high 151 hits along with 32 doubles this season. Nathaniel Lowe also has a .282 batting average, a .373 OBP and 37 doubles this season. Corey Seager’s also chipped in 24 home runs and 79 RBIs with a .342 average so far this year. Dane Dunning will start for the Rangers and is 9-6 with a 3.36 ERA and 107 strikeouts this season.

Texas Rangers Team Facts

– The Rangers have won eight of their last nine night games against teams that held a losing record.

– The Rangers have failed to cover the run line in each of their last 10 games as road favorites against National League opponents following a win.

– The Rangers have trailed after 3 innings in seven of their last 10 games as road favorites against NL East opponents.

– The Rangers have trailed after 7 innings in three of their last four games as road favorites against NL East opponents.

– The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Rangers’ last nine games as road favorites.

Mets Back In Freefall

The New York Mets had a chance to save some face in this series in what’s been a rough last couple of months, but the Mets are back up to their old tricks, losing back-to-back outings. The loss on Tuesday dropped the Mets to 60-73 on the year, sitting 27 games back in the basement of the NL East and 9.5 games back in the NL Wild Card hunt. Pete Alonso leads the Mets with 39 home runs and 96 RBIs while Jeff McNeil has a team-best 130 hits with a .266 batting average. Francisco Lindor also has 24 home runs and 79 RBIs for the Mets this season as well as a team-best 29 doubles. Denyi Reyes will start for the Mets here and is 0-2 with a 7.50 ERA and 12 strikeouts this season.

New York Mets Team Facts

– The Mets have lost each of their last nine night games against American League opponents.

– The Mets have failed to cover the run line each of their last 11 Wednesday games against American League opponents that held a winning record.

– The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Mets’ last three games.

– The Mets have led after 5 innings in four of their last six games as home underdogs against American League opponents.

New York Mets Player Prop Facts

– Pete Alonso ranks 3rd in the league in Home Runs (39) this season.

Matchup/League Facts

– The New York Mets ranks 29th in the league for doubles this season (175).

– The New York Mets ranks 27th in the league for hits this season (1036).

– The Texas Rangers ranks 2nd in the league for runs scored this season (733).

– The Texas Rangers ranks 2nd in the league for hits this season (1232).

Chris’ Pick

I’m sticking with the Rangers here. I was initially looking at the Mets because Kodai Senga was slated to start here and at that point I felt Senga gave the Mets the edge in starting pitching over Dane Dunning, but with Reyes going, Dunning is the better pitcher and Texas is the better team playing better baseball right now. Give me Texas.