The New York Mets (34-43) will look to Carson Benge, who is riding a two-game home run streak, when they square off against the Chicago Cubs (40-37). The Cubs are moneyline favorites (-119) for this outing against the Mets (-102), which begins at 7:10 p.m. ET on Monday at Citi Field. Shota Imanaga starts for Chicago while New York will counter with Kodai Senga.

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Cubs vs. Mets betting lines

• Favorite: Cubs (-119)
• Underdog: Mets (-102)
• Over/under: 8.5

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

• The Cubs have been favored on the moneyline 55 total times this season. They’ve gone 29-26 in those games.
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -119 or shorter, Chicago has a 27-23 record (winning 54% of its games).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Cubs’ implied win probability is 54.3%.
• Chicago has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 40 times this season for a 40-35-2 record against the over/under.
• The Cubs have a 29-48-0 record against the spread this season.

Cubs hitting info

• Pete Crow-Armstrong has put up a team-best batting average of .286, and paces the Cubs in home runs (16).
• Crow-Armstrong’s home runs rank 23rd in MLB and he ranks 52nd in RBI in MLB.
• Crow-Armstrong has hit safely in 10 games in a row. In his last 10 outings he is batting .476 with four doubles, two triples, five home runs, four walks and eight RBIs.
• Nico Hoerner is hitting .235 with 16 doubles, four home runs and 32 walks.
• Hoerner currently ranks 216th in homers and 80th in RBI in the bigs.
• Ian Happ has hit a team-best 16 homers.
• Happ has safely hit in four straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .286 with a double and two walks.
• Michael Busch’s 42 runs batted in are a team-high mark.
• Busch takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .167 with five walks.

Cubs pitching rankings

• The 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Cubs pitching staff ranks 23rd in the majors.
• Chicago has the 17th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.28).
• Cubs pitchers combine for the No. 7 WHIP in baseball (1.238).
• Cubs pitchers combine to give up the second-most home runs in baseball (113 total, 1.5 per game).
• Chicago fell to the Blue Jays 8-6 in its last game with six strikeouts while allowing nine hits.

Mets betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mets betting info

• The Mets have been underdogs in 24 games this season and won seven (29.2%) of those contests.
• New York has a record of 6-13 in games where sportsbooks have it as underdogs of at least -102 on the moneyline.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 50.5% chance of a victory for the Mets.
• New York and its opponents have hit the over in 34 of its 77 games with a total this season.
• The Mets are 32-45-0 ATS in their 77 games with a spread this season.

Mets hitting info

• Juan Soto leads New York in homers with 17 while also maintaining a team-best .301 batting average.
• Soto is 17th in homers and 63rd in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Soto has hit safely in five games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .421 with a double, two home runs, three walks and four RBIs.
• Bo Bichette leads New York in runs batted in (42) this season. He’s batting .248 while slugging .367.
• Bichette ranks 105th among hitters in the majors in home runs, and 36th in RBI.
• Benge has 70 hits this season and a slash line of .257/.318/.404.
• Benge has hit safely in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .273 with a triple, two home runs, a walk and three RBIs.
• Marcus Semien has collected 61 hits this season and has an OBP of .275. He’s slugging .351 on the year.

Mets pitching rankings

• The Mets have a 9.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, fifth-best in baseball.
• New York has the 14th-ranked ERA (4.10) in the majors this season.
• The Mets have a combined WHIP of 1.285 as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in MLB.
• The Mets have allowed the eighth-fewest home runs this season at just 78, or 1.0 per game.
• New York pitchers struck out seven Phillies hitters while allowing nine base hits in a 6-2 loss its last time out.