Brett Baty brings a 10-game hitting streak into the New York Mets’ (40-55) matchup with the Boston Red Sox (44-48). The Mets are favored on the moneyline (-156) for this matchup against the Red Sox (+124), which starts at 4:10 p.m. ET on Saturday at Citi Field. New York’s Freddy Peralta and Boston’s Eduardo Rivera will take the mound first.

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Mets vs. Red Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Mets (-156)
• Underdog: Red Sox (+124)
• Over/under: 8.5

Mets betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mets betting info

• The Mets have put together a 32-30 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 51.6% of those games).
• New York has gone 7-11 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -156 or shorter (38.9% winning percentage).
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Mets a 60.9% chance to win.
• New York has had an over/under set by bookmakers 95 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 45 of those games (45-42-8).
• The Mets have covered 43.2% of their games this season, going 41-54-0 ATS.

Mets hitting info

• Juan Soto paces the Mets in home runs (21), runs batted in (51) and has a team-best batting average of .297.
• In MLB action, Soto ranks 12th in homers and 42nd in RBI.
• Soto brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .267 with three home runs, seven walks and eight RBIs.
• Carson Benge is hitting .269 with 12 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs and 28 walks.
• Benge ranks 90th in home runs among hitters in MLB action and 115th in RBI.
• Benge has safely hit in five straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .529 with a double, a home run, five walks and three RBIs.
• Bo Bichette paces the Mets with 51 runs batted in.
• A.J. Ewing has eight doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 22 walks while batting .282.
• Ewing takes a four-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .409 with a double, two home runs, two walks and four RBIs.

Mets pitching rankings

• The 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Mets pitching staff ranks third in MLB.
• New York’s 4.33 team ERA ranks 19th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Mets have the 16th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.321).
• Mets pitchers combine to give up 105 total home runs at a clip of 1.1 per game (14th-fewest in MLB).
• New York its 6-2 loss the last time out, the team struck out 10 Red Sox batters while allowing 11 hits.

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have won 18, or 51.4%, of the 35 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• This season, Boston has won one of its four games when it’s the underdog by at least +124 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 44.6% chance of a victory for the Red Sox.
• So far this season, Boston and its opponents have hit the over in 41 of its 92 games with a total.
• The Red Sox have an ATS record of 43-49-0 in 92 games with a spread this season.

Red Sox hitting info

• Wilyer Abreu is batting .266 with 11 home runs and 43 RBI for Boston this season.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Abreu’s home run total is 90th, and his RBI total is 78th.
• Abreu takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .250 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
• Ceddanne Rafaela has collected 94 hits this season and has an OBP of .331. He’s slugging .437 on the year.
• Rafaela currently is 146th in homers and 101st in RBI in the big leagues.
• Caleb Durbin has 63 hits this season and a slash line of .225/.287/.393.
• Durbin brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .211 with a double, a home run, two walks and two RBIs.
• Jarren Duran is batting .196 with an OBP of .262 and a slugging percentage of .355 this season.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The Red Sox strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 13th in MLB.
• Boston pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.65 ERA this year, sixth-best in baseball.
• The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of just 1.231 as a pitching staff, which is the seventh-best in baseball this season.
• The Red Sox have given up the sixth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 95 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Boston defeated the Mets, 6-2, with three strikeouts and 10 hits allowed.