The New York Mets (39-54) are looking for another big outing from a slugger when they match up against the Boston Red Sox (42-48) on Friday at 7:15 p.m. ET at Citi Field. A.J. Ewing is riding a two-game home run streak for the favored Mets (-136) in the contest against the underdog Red Sox (+116). New York has Nolan McLean starting things off, while Boston will counter with Sonny Gray.

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Mets vs. Red Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Mets (-136)
• Underdog: Red Sox (+116)
• Over/under: 7.5

Mets betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mets betting info

• The Mets have won 51.7% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (31-29).
• New York has a 14-18 record (winning 43.8% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -136 or shorter.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Mets have an implied win probability of 57.6%.
• New York has played in 93 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 43 times (43-42-8).
• The Mets have covered 43% of their games this season, going 40-53-0 ATS.

Mets hitting info

• Juan Soto paces the Mets with 20 home runs and has racked up a team-best batting average of .295.
• Soto ranks 14th in homers and 47th in RBI among all batters in MLB play.
• Bo Bichette has racked up 50 runs batted in to lead his team.
• Bichette ranks 103rd in home runs and 42nd in RBI among hitters in baseball.
• Bichette takes a six-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last 10 outings he is batting .286 with a double, three walks and four RBIs.
• Carson Benge is batting .265 with 12 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs and 27 walks.
• Benge has hit safely in three games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .368 with a double, a home run, four walks and two RBIs.
• Ewing is batting .279 with eight doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 22 walks.
• Ewing heads into this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .421 with a double, three home runs, two walks and five RBIs.

Mets pitching rankings

• The Mets pitching staff is third in MLB with a collective 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
• New York has the 19th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.35).
• The Mets have the 16th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.321).
• Mets pitchers combine to give up 101 total home runs at a rate of 1.1 per game (14th-fewest in the majors).
• New York struck out seven Royals batters while allowing eight hits in a 6-2 win in its last game.

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have entered the game as underdogs 33 times this season and won 16, or 48.5%, of those games.
• Boston has a record of 4-8, a 33.3% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +116 or more by bookmakers this season.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 46.3% chance of a victory for the Red Sox.
• Boston and its opponents have hit the over in 40 of its 90 games with a total this season.
• The Red Sox are 42-48-0 against the spread in their 90 chances this season.

Red Sox hitting info

• Willson Contreras is batting .285 this season with a team-high 20 home runs and 61 RBI.
• Contreras is 14th in home runs and 11th in RBI among all batters in the big leagues.
• Wilyer Abreu has collected 88 hits this season and has an OBP of .331. He’s slugging .423 on the year.
• Abreu is 103rd among hitters in the big leagues in homers, and 81st in RBI.
• Ceddanne Rafaela is batting .286 to lead Boston, while adding eight homers and 39 runs batted in this season.
• Rafaela heads into this game on a six-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is hitting .318 with three doubles, a home run, two walks and four RBIs.
• Caleb Durbin has 61 hits and an OBP of .289 to go with a slugging percentage of .387 this season.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The Red Sox have an 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 12th in the majors.
• Boston has the sixth-best ERA (3.70) in the majors this season.
• The Red Sox have a combined 1.235 WHIP as a pitching staff, eighth-lowest in MLB.
• With just 94 homers allowed, the Red Sox rank sixth in the league at preventing long balls.
• Boston pitchers struck out six White Sox batters while allowing four hits in a 5-0 win last time out.