New York Mets vs. San Diego Padres MLB NL Wild Card Series Game 1 Betting Preview | October 7

The New York Mets host the San Diego Padres to begin the NL Wild Card Series on Friday 8:07 PM ET at Citi Field. Max Scherzer gets the starting nod for New York, and Yu Darvish is San Diego’s pick to start.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Mets vs. Padres

• Game Day: Friday, October 7, 2022
• Game Time: 8:07 PM ET
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Location: Queens, New York
• Stadium: Citi Field

Mets Stats & Trends

Mets Batting

• The Mets are 15th in MLB play with 171 home runs. They average 1.1 per game.
• The Mets’ .259 batting average is second-best in the majors.
• The Mets’ .332 on-base percentage ranks second-best in the league.
• The Mets strike out 7.5 times per game, the third-best average in baseball.
• The Mets have hit 81 home runs at home this season (1.0 per game).
• The Mets are slugging .399 with 2.6 extra-base hits per game at home.
• At home this season the team averages 8.2 hits per game and is batting .253.

Mets Key Batters

• Pete Alonso has 162 hits, which ranks first among New York hitters this season, while batting .271 with 66 extra-base hits.
• Among qualifying batters in baseball, Alonso’s batting average ranks 40th, his on-base percentage ranks 30th, and he is 11th in slugging.
• Alonso has recorded at least one hit in five games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .400 with four walks.
• Francisco Lindor has 25 doubles, five triples, 26 home runs and 59 walks while batting .270.
• Among all qualified hitters, Lindor ranks 43rd in batting average, 47th in on-base percentage and 47th in slugging percentage.
• Lindor heads into this game looking to extend his two-game hit streak. In his last five games he is batting .200 with a double, a home run and four RBI.
• Brandon Nimmo has 159 hits this season and has a slash line of .274/.367/.433.
• Nimmo has picked up a hit in five straight games. In his last five games he is batting .500 with two doubles, two home runs, a walk and six RBI.
• Jeff McNeil has a slash line of .326/.382/.454 this season and a team-best OPS of .836.
• McNeil heads into this game on a 10-game hitting streak. In his last nine outings he is hitting .447 with a double, two home runs, three walks and three RBI.

Padres Stats & Trends

Padres Batting

• The Padres’ 153 home runs rank 21st in Major League Baseball.
• The Padres’ .241 batting average ranks 15th in the league this season.
• The Padres have an OBP of .318 this season, which ranks eighth in MLB.
• The Padres have shown patience at the plate this season with the ninth-best rate of strikeouts per game (8.2) among MLB offenses.
• They’ve hit 76 homers, an average of 0.9 per game, in 81 road contests this season.
• They have a team slugging percentage of .399 in away games this season with 257 extra-base hits.
• In away games this season, they’re batting .251 with 8.8 base hits per contest.

Padres Key Batters

• Manny Machado has accumulated 172 hits with a .531 slugging percentage, both team-high numbers for the Padres.
• Including all the qualifying hitters in the majors, Machado’s batting average ranks 11th, his on-base percentage is 18th, and he is sixth in slugging.
• Machado brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .316 with a double, a home run and two RBI.
• Juan Soto paces his team with a .401 OBP.
• Including all qualified hitters, Soto’s batting average places him 90th, his on-base percentage ranks fifth, and he is 46th in slugging.
• Josh Bell is batting .266 with 29 doubles, three triples, 17 home runs and 81 walks.
• Jake Cronenworth is batting .240 with 31 doubles, four triples, 17 home runs and 70 walks.

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