Padres vs Mets Betting Odds
When: July 24, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. EDT
Venue: Citi Field – Queens, NY
Padres vs Mets Betting Preview
A fun National League battle concludes on Sunday Night Baseball when the San Diego Padres (54-42, 29-21 away) visit the New York Mets (58-37, 28-17 home). The Mets lead in the NL East is now just half a game over the Atlanta Braves. San Diego is well out of the NL West race, but currently have a comfortable lead in the NL Wild Card spots. This game will air live on ESPN.
Manny Machado, who missed a few weeks with injury, was having an MVP type start to the season as he leads the Padres with a .298 batting average, 16 home runs and 53 RBIs. San Diego is hitting .240 and the pitchers have recorded a 3.71 ERA and 1.20 WHIP.
Pete Alonso has been mashing this season as he leads New York with 24 home runs and 78 RBIs. Jeff McNeil has a team high .297 batting average on the year. The Mets are hitting .251 and the pitching staff has combined for a 3.59 ERA and 1.18 WHIP.
Padres vs Mets Betting Trends
Padres
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Diego’s last 5 games.
- San Diego are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.
- San Diego are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games against NY Mets.
- The total has gone UNDER in 8 of San Diego’s last 11 games on the road.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Diego’s last 6 games when playing on the road against NY Mets.
- San Diego are 4-2 SU in their last 6 games against an opponent in the National League.
- San Diego are 13-7 SU in their last 20 games against an opponent in the National League East Division.
Mets
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Mets’ last 5 games.
- The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Mets’ last 5 games at home.
- The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Mets’ last 6 games when playing at home against San Diego.
- NY Mets are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games against an opponent in the National League West Division.
- NY Mets are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games played on a Sunday.
Padres vs Mets Pick & Prediction
Last time out, San Diego took game two of this series with a tight 2-1 win on Saturday. This game was scoreless entering the sixth inning when the Padres scored two runs to take the lead for good. New York scored on run in the bottom of the ninth but could not get the tying run to cross the plate. San Diego has won the first two games of this series and are going for the three-game road sweep.
Manny Machado went 1-4 with one home run, two RBIs and one run scored in the win. Pete Alonso went 3-4 with one double and one run scored in the loss. Blake Snell improved to 2-5, Chris Bassitt fell to 7-7 and Taylor Rogers saved his 28th game of the season.
Pitching Matchup: Joe Musgrove (8-2, 2.42 ERA, 0.97 WHIP) vs Carlos Carrasco (10-4, 4.27 ERA, 1.33 WHIP)
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