The New York Mets are on the road at the New York Yankees on Wednesday in the second game of the two games series. The Mets won the first game of the series on Tuesday by a score of 3-2.
The Mets, with the win, are now 52-48. New York is still behind the Phillies and Braves in the National League East, but have made a move to contend with several teams for one of the three wildcard spots in the National League.
For the Yankees, they continue to struggle a little. The Yankees are now 60-43 on the season, and second in the American League East. They trail the Baltimore Orioles in the divisional standings.
The New York Yankees are -165 over the New York Mets in this game. The total is listed at 8.5 runs.
Surging New York Mets
The New York Mets are slated to throw Sean Manaea in this game. He is 6-4 on the season, with a 3.73 earned run average. He has thrown over 101 innings this season, and struck out 87 batters, while walking 41.
After trailing 1-0 in the game on Tuesday, Francisco Lindor was hit by pitch to drive in the first run of the game. Jeff McNeil then hit a two run homerun in the sixth inning of the game. That was all the Mets needed in the win. They finished the game with eight hits, with Pete Alonso and McNeil having two each.
On the season, the Mets are hitting .250, which is 10th in all of the league. The Mets are scoring 4.8 runs per game, and have clubbed 126 homeruns. New York will host the Atlanta Braves for a huge divisional four game series over the weekend.
Slumping New York Yankees
The New York Yankees are going to send Gerrit Cole to the mound. The veteran is making his 7th start of the season. Cole has thrown 29.1 innings and struck out 34, while walking 10. Cole is 3-1 on the season.
Gleyber Torres got the scoring party started on Tuesday with a solo homerun in the second inning. It was his 9th of the season. Alex Verdugo drove in a run in the sixth inning with his 20th double of the season. Two runs was all they would settle for, as they had just five hits in the game.
Of course, the big story for the Yankees is the power of Aaron Judge. He leads all of Major League Baseball with 35 homeruns on the season. He also is tops on the team with 24 doubles. Juan Soto has also been great for the Yankees, with 25 homeruns on the season, and 19 doubles.
Yankees win at Home
This seems like a game that the New York Yankees should win. Cole on the mound. At home, against their inner city rivals. We will take the Yankees here, mostly because it is badly a game they need to win. Take New York Yankees -165 over the New York Mets on Wednesday.
