New York Mets vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction: Winning odds are the same

Thursday's Major League Baseball action at Citi Field features a matchup between the New York Mets and the Tampa Bay Rays.

New York Mets - Mets will not have it easy

The New York Mets have scored at least four runs in five of their previous ten games, including a total of sixteen runs in their most recent three games. In their last eight games, when they scored four or more runs, the Mets have lost five of those games. Jeff McNeil and Francisco Lindor have combined for 83 hits and 45 RBI for the Indians, while Brandon Nimmo leads the Mets with 49 hits and leads the team in RBI with 18. The Mets have a record of 19-7 in their past 26 games played on Thursday, but their overall record over the last 23 games played is 7-16.

Tampa Bay Rays - Rays must step up

The Tampa Bay Rays have now gone six straight games without scoring at least four runs and have scored at least four runs in each of their previous three games. When scoring four or more runs in a game, the Rays have won seven of their last ten contests. The Rays are led by Randy Arozarena, who has 49 hits and 36 runs batted in, while Wander Franco and Yandy Diaz have combined for 94 hits and 47 runs batted in. This will be Taj Bradley's first start of the season. He currently has a perfect record, a 3.52 earned run average, and 23 strikeouts.

Expert Betting Tips

Because of all they've accomplished during the season, the Tampa Bay Rays deserve the benefit of the doubt, but the Mets are coming off a huge walk-off win, and with the short turnaround time, they have clear momentum.