The New York Mets (44-24) play the Tampa Bay Rays (36-32) a game after Brandon Nimmo homered twice in a 5-0 win over the Nationals. The Mets are favored (-163) in this matchup with the Rays (+138), which starts at 7:10 p.m. ET on Friday. Clay Holmes starts for New York while Tampa Bay will counter with Taj Bradley.

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Mets vs. Rays betting lines

• Favorite: Mets (-163)
• Underdog: Rays (+138)
• Over/under: 8

Mets betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mets betting info

• The Mets have been favored on the moneyline 50 total times this season. They’ve finished 35-15 in those games.
• New York has gone 19-6 (winning 76% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -163 or shorter.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Mets’ implied win probability is 62%.
• New York has played in 68 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 25 times (25-41-2).
• The Mets have covered 55.9% of their games this season, going 38-30-0 against the spread.

Mets hitting info

• Pete Alonso paces the Mets in home runs (17), runs batted in (63) and has accumulated a team-best batting average of .302.
• Alonso’s home runs rank eighth in MLB and he ranks first in RBI in MLB.
• Alonso heads into this matchup on an eight-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is hitting .375 with three doubles, six home runs, four walks and 20 RBIs.
• Juan Soto is batting .252 with 13 doubles, 13 home runs and 55 walks.
• Soto currently ranks 21st in homers and 56th in RBI in the majors.
• Soto takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .526 with a double, two home runs, five walks and four RBIs.
• Francisco Lindor is hitting .282 with 12 doubles, 14 home runs and 23 walks.
• Lindor heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .316 with two doubles and two RBIs.
• Nimmo is batting .236 with 12 doubles, 12 home runs and 21 walks.
• Nimmo enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .273 with a double, two home runs, two walks and four RBIs.

Mets pitching rankings

• The 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Mets pitching staff ranks sixth in the majors.
• New York’s 2.82 team ERA leads all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Mets have the 14th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.229).
• Mets pitchers combine to give up 48 home runs (0.7 per game), the second-fewest in the majors.
• New York struck out six Nationals batters while allowing six hits in a 5-0 win in its last game.

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• This season, the Rays have won 14 out of the 30 games, or 46.7%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Tampa Bay is 4-6 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +138 or more on the moneyline.
• The Rays have a 42% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Tampa Bay and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 25 of its 68 opportunities.
• The Rays have an ATS record of 33-35-0 in 68 games with a spread this season.

Rays hitting info

• Junior Caminero leads Tampa Bay in home runs with 15 and runs batted in with 41.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Caminero is 13th in homers and 24th in RBI.
• Yandy Diaz has 65 hits and an OBP of .307 to go with a slugging percentage of .425 this season.
• Diaz ranks 53rd in homers and 32nd in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
• Diaz heads into this game on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .400 with a double, two home runs, three walks and five RBIs.
• Jonathan Aranda leads Tampa Bay with a .314 batting average while slugging seven homers and driving in 36 runs.
• Brandon Lowe has 59 hits and an OBP of .296 to go with a slugging percentage of .446 this season.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays average the 23rd-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.0) in the majors this season.
• Tampa Bay pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.55 ERA this year, eighth-best in baseball.
• The Rays have a combined 1.170 WHIP as a pitching staff, third-lowest in MLB.
• The Rays have given up the fourth-most long balls so far this season with 90 home runs allowed.
• Tampa Bay suffered a 4-3 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out eight Red Sox batters while allowing nine hits.