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The New York Mets will host the Los Angeles Dodgers in the third game of the NLCS on Wednesday at 8:08 p.m. ET, live on Fox Sports 1 from Citi Field. The teams split the first two games of the series and will look to break the tie and take one step closer to the World Series with a victory. Luis Severino will get the ball for New York while Los Angeles will counter with Walker Buehler. The Mets are -111 favorites to pick up the win, while the underdog Dodgers have -108 odds on the moneyline. However, the Dodgers are favorites against the 1.5-run spread.
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Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $38.02
Mets to win vs Dodgers -111
Mets vs. Dodgers Betting Lines
- Favorite: Mets (-111)
- Underdog: Dodgers (-108)
- Over/under: 7.5
Mets vs. Dodgers Betting Insights
- The Mets have been favorites in 95 games this season and have come away with the win 58 times (61.1%) in those contests.
- This season New York has been victorious 58 times in 94 chances when named as a favorite of at least -111 on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Mets have a 52.6% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Dodgers have been the underdog on the moneyline 19 total times this season. They’ve gone 6-13 in those games.
- When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -108 or longer, Los Angeles has a 6-13 record (winning only 31.6% of its games).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Dodgers’ implied win probability is 51.9%.
Mets vs. Dodgers Hitting Leaders
- Francisco Lindor leads New York in batting average (.273) and runs batted in (91) this season while also slugging 33 homers.
- Lindor ranks 14th in Major League Baseball in homers, and 25th in RBI.
- Pete Alonso’s 34 home runs are most among New York batters. He’s driven in 88 runs this season while slugging .459.
- Shohei Ohtani paces the Dodgers with 54 home runs and 130 runs batted in, while putting up a team-best batting average of .310.
- Ohtani’s home run total ranks second in the big leagues, and he is second in RBI.
- Freddie Freeman is hitting .282 with 35 doubles, two triples, 22 home runs and 78 walks.
Mets vs. Dodgers Pitching Rankings
- The Mets have a 9.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, fourth-best in baseball.
- Mets pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.96 this year, which ranks 15th in MLB.
- Mets pitchers have a 1.261 WHIP this season, 18th in the majors.
- The Dodgers pitching staff ranks 12th in the majors with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Los Angeles has a 3.90 team ERA that ranks 13th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Dodgers have the eighth-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.228).