The Los Angeles Dodgers are on the road at the New York Mets on Monday. This is the first of a three game series. The Dodgers are 33-22 on the season. Los Angeles has dropped five straight games, but still remains in first place in the National League West. The Dodgers were swept over the weekend by the Cincinnati Reds.
For the New York Mets, they avoided the sweep at the hands of the San Francisco Giants. New York stopped their five game losing streak. The Mets are now 22-30 on the season, which is fourth place in the National League East.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are -145 on the road in this game. The total for this affair is set at 8.5 runs.
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers will send Gavin Stone to the hill. Stone is 4-2 on the season, and holds a 3.60 earned run average. Stone has thrown 50 innings, and struck out 34 batters, while issuing 17 walks. The last time he threw was on May 21st at home against Arizona.
The Dodgers picked up just five hits in the series finale loss. Two came from Teoscar Hernandez. The bottom five guys in the order did not pick up a hit for Los Angeles in the game. The Dodgers have scored just 11 runs over their last five games.
Shohei Ohtani is still one of the best players on the planet. Ohtani is hitting .338, which is just ahead of Mookie Betts, at .337. Ohtani has 13 homeruns, which is ahead of Hernadez, with 12, and Max Muncy with 9. Mookie Betts is next on the team, with 8.
New York Mets
For the New York Mets, they are using Tylor Megill. Megill has thrown just nine innings this season. He is 0-2 on the season with a 3.00 earned run average. Megill last threw on May 20th at Cleveland, and took a loss. He went 5 innings, and allowed 4 hits and 3 runs in the game.
The New York Mets picked up a monster come from behind win on Sunday. The Mets scored three in the bottom of the ninth to win the game 4-3. They needed the win to win one of the three games in the series. The Mets are now 3-7 over their last 10 games.
New York is scoring 4.3 runs per game, and have a team batting average of .235. The Mets have crunched 56 homeruns on the season. New York’s top home run hitter has been Pete Alonso. He has 12 on the season. Francisco Lindor and Brandon Nimmo are next on the squad, with 7.
Dodgers Bats Come Alive
The Los Angeles Dodgers are going to get their bats to come alive. They have not been for awhile, but that is going to change in this game.
Look for Los Angeles to score and score often. The final score for this game is the Dodgers win 10-2 over the Mets. Take the Dodgers -145 and also the OVER! Enjoy the game and best of luck!
