GAME: #957 Mets @ #958 Braves
DATE: 8/3/2020 – 7:10p EST
ODDS: Mets -125 / Braves +115
O/U: 8
The Atlanta Braves (7-3) host the New York Mets (3-7) at Suntrust Park for the fourth and final game of the series. The Braves will have their brooms out tonight since they have beat the Mets in the previous 3 games by scores of 11-10, 7-1, and 4-0. The Mets have their ace righty Jacob deGrom on the mound battling against the Braves’ ace, righty Mike Soroka. These pitchers met in the first game of the season where the Mets won 1-0 off a Cespedes home run. Yesterday, Cespedes didn’t show up for the game and he is opting out of the remainder of the season.
WEATHER (baseball-weather.com)
NY METS
Jacob deGrom takes the mound for the Mets today. In his first appearance against the Braves he pitched 5 innings and gave up only 1 hit and in his second appearance against the Red Sox he gave up 3 hits and 2 runs holding a 1.64 ERA. The Mets hitters have faced Soroka 94 times and have 24 hits with a .245 batting average.
ATLANTA BRAVES
The Braves have right-hander Mike Soroka getting the start. Soroka has a 1.59 ERA on the season. In his first appearance against the Mets, he went 6 innings, gave up 4 hits, and allowed 0 runs. Atlanta has 308 at-bats against deGrom with 69 hits holding a .224 batting average as a team with Freddie Freeman’s .274 and Acuna Jr’s .273 leading the way.
BATTER VS PITCHER (dailybaseballdata.com)
STARTING LINEUPS (baseballpress.com)
INJURY REPORT (covers.com)
TRENDS (covers.com)
METS
- Under is 6-0 in deGroms last 6 starts after scoring 2 runs or less in their previous game.
- Under is 3-0-1 in the Mets last 4 road games vs. a right-handed starter.
- The Mets are 0-5 in their last 5 overall.
BRAVES
- Braves are 5-0 in their last 5 overall.
- Braves are 5-0 in Sorokas last 5 starts after allowing 2 runs or less in their previous game.
- Braves are 7-0 in their last 7 games on grass.
HEAD TO HEAD
- Mets are 0-5 in the last 5 meetings.
- Mets are 1-6 in the last 7 meetings in Atlanta.
- Under is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings.
The Mets are on a major slide right now losing 5 straight while the Braves offense is starting to kick in. While both teams have their ace’s on the mound they can each only throw so many pitches. With Cespedes departing the team the overall team’s morale is going to continue downward.
The Bookie is taking the Braves today because there is good value with the + money. They should be able to continue putting up enough runs to beat a Mets team that is falling apart more by the day. The Public is split on the better team or the better pitcher with most of the money coming in on Atlanta. The sharps are leaning Atlanta.
The Bookie: Braves +115 Listed Pitcher – Soroka
Fade the Public: Mets -125
Sharp Action: Braves +115
1 Units to win 1.15 Units on: (#958) Atlanta Braves +115 Listed Pitcher – Soroka