St. Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets Prediction 8-20-23 MLB Picks
The New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals meet Sunday in MLB action from Busch Stadium. This will be the finale in a four-game series. The Mets took wins in both of the first two games, then on Saturday New York kept it going with a blowout victory. Check back all season long for free MLB picks at Sports Chat Place.
New York Mets
The Mets out-hit the Cardinals 7-5 in the opener of this series, pulling off a 4-2 victory. Friday’s game was an even bigger win for New York 7-1, thanks in part to Jeff McNeil’s four RBI and Brandon Nimmo’s two runs. On Saturday New York posted 13 hits in a 13-2 blowout win. Daniel Vogelbach had a grand slam and Pete Alonso finished with a homer, two RBI and three runs.
In the starter role for the Mets on Sunday it’ll be Carlos Carrasco. Over 18 starts this year Carrasco is 3-6 with a 6.40 ERA and 62 Ks in 84.1 innings. Carrasco is 1-3 with a 7.18 ERA over his last seven starts, striking out 23 in 31.1 innings.
New York Mets Team Facts
- The Mets have lost each of their last seven day games against National League opponents following a road win.
- The Mets have failed to cover the run line in nine of their last 10 games as road underdogs.
- The Mets have won the first inning in three of their last four games as underdogs against NL Central opponents.
- The Mets have led after 5 innings in each of their last four games against National League opponents that held a losing record.
- The Mets have led after 7 innings in three of their last four games as underdogs against NL Central opponents.
St. Louis Cardinals
Over on the Cardinals’ side, they gave up five runs in the seventh inning Friday, which pretty much torpedoed their winning chances. Richie Palacios had the team’s lone RBI. In the Saturday game three, St. Louis got a solo homer from Nolan Arenado during the defeat. Tommy Edman provided the other RBI.
It’ll be Dakota Hudson in the starter role for the Cardinals on Sunday. This year in 10 games (four starts) Hudson is 4-0 with a 4.03 ERA and 25 Ks in 38.0 innings. He’s 4-0 with a 4.31 ERA over his last seven games (four starts).
St. Louis Cardinals Team Facts
- The Cardinals have lost nine of their last 11 games as favorites against National League opponents.
- The Cardinals have failed to cover the run line eight of their last nine games against National League opponents that held a losing record.
- The Cardinals have trailed after 3 innings in three of their last four games as favorites against National League opponents.
- The 'Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs' market has hit in each of the Cardinals' last three games as favorites.
- The Cardinals have trailed after 5 innings in three of their last four games as favorites against National League opponents.
Matchup/League Facts
- The St. Louis Cardinals ranks 1st in the league for home runs allowed this season (125).
- The St. Louis Cardinals ranks 29th in the league for opponent batting average this season (.273).
- The New York Mets ranks 29th in the league for doubles this season (168).
- The New York Mets ranks 27th in the league for walks allowed this season (465).
ANDREW’S FREE PICK
I’ll take a stab on the Cardinals in this one. Realistically I’m not touching it, though. If nothing else we should have a pretty fun pitcher duel. Hudson has eight earned over his last three starts in a span of 18.2 innings. He’s 3-0 during that trio and on a nice run. As for Carrasco, he’s got 10 earned over his last three starts in 14.0 innings, but six of those earned came in a bad game versus KC. On Saturday in game three, St. Louis had a pretty miserable performance from their pitchers across the board. That makes 24 runs allowed over the last three games, and 32 over the last four. It’s been a rough stretch for the Cards but I don’t think they’ll get swept.
