NL Wild Card Odds: Padres-Mets Game 3 prediction, odds and pick

The Mets defeated the Padres 7-3 in Game 2 of the National League Wildcard series. The winner will play the Los Angeles Dodgers in a best-of-5 divisional series starting on October 25th. Chris Bassitt will take the mound for the Mets. Joe Musgrove will start for Padres. The Padres finished the season with a 10-7 record and a 2.93 ERA. Musgrave is 1-0 with an 8.10 ERA through seven playoff appearances against the New York Mets and 0-2 with 7.84 ERA in two starts.

The Padres won Game 1 with the long ball. Yu Darvish pitched masterfully in Game One. Blake Snell lasted 3 1/3 innings and allowed 2 earned runs on 4 hits. Jurickson Profar went 1 for 4 last night. Manny Machado went hitless in four at-bats.

Brandon Nimmo, Lindor, Alonso and McNeil were the main contributors in the Mets' victory in Game 1. The Mets are contact hitters and thrive when moving runners across the basepaths. They will get a chance to do it again against a pitcher that has struggled against them and in playoffs.

The Mets won the game 2-1 last night. The Padres lost the series 2 to the Mets. They will go to Los Angeles for a date with the Dodgers.

The final prediction and pick for the NL Wild Card Game is New York Mets: -1.5.