Washington Nationals (45-87) vs. New York Mets (85-48)
September 3, 2022 7:10 pm EDT
The Line: New York Mets -460 / Washington Nationals +360; Over/Under: +7.5
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The Washington Nationals and New York Mets meet Saturday in MLB action at Citi Field. The Washington Nationals look for a win after splitting their last 8 games. The New York Mets look for a win after winning 6 of their last 8 games.
The Washington Nationals have scored 15 runs in their last 3 games and 3 or fewer runs in 8 of their last 11 games. The Nationals have lost 6 of their last 8 games when scoring 3 or fewer runs. Cesar Hernandez leads the Nationals with 120 hits and 26 RBI, while Nelson Cruz and Keibert Ruiz have combined for 192 hits and 97 RBI. Patrick Corbin gets the ball, and he is 5-17 with a 6.56 ERA and 113 strikeouts this season. Corbin is 5-10 with a 4.64 ERA and 129 strikeouts in his career against the Mets.
The New York Mets have scored 14 runs in their last 3 games and 3 or fewer runs in 7 of their last 10 games. The Mets have lost 6 of their last 9 games when scoring 3 or fewer runs. Francisco Lindor leads the Mets with 136 hits and 86 RBI, while Jeff McNeil and Starling Marte have combined for 270 hits and 112 RBI. Max Scherzer gets the ball, and he is 9-4 with a 2.27 ERA and 148 strikeouts this season. Scherzer is 3-0 with a 4.44 ERA and 26 strikeouts in his career against the Nationals.
The Nationals are 4-10 in their last 14 road games and 16-38 in their last 54 overall. The Mets are 6-1 in their last 7 Saturday games and 5-2 in their last 7 overall. The under is 7-3 in Nationals last 10 overall. The under is 4-1 in Mets last 5 overall. The Nationals are 7-19 in the last 26 meetings in New York and 6-18 in the last 24 meetings.
Patrick Corbin has been arguably the worst pitcher in baseball these last few years, and that includes allowing 31 hits and 17 earned runs in his last 22.1 innings. Corbin is god awful. Max Scherzer has looked like Max Scherzer, and he’s coming off an August where he allowed 33 hits and 12 earned runs in his last 40.2 innings. Scherzer has a 1.66 ERA and .201 allowed batting average at home. This is a complete pitching mismatch. Give me the Mets and the RL for max betting value.
