The St. Louis Cardinals (37-28) will look to Alec Burleson, who is riding a two-game home run streak, when they play the New York Mets (29-38). The Mets are favored (-143) in this matchup with the Cardinals (+120), which begins at 1:10 p.m. ET on Thursday at Citi Field. Christian Scott gets the starting nod for New York, and Hunter Dobbins is St. Louis’ choice to start.

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Mets vs. Cardinals betting lines

• Favorite: Mets (-143)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+120)
• Over/under: 9

Mets betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mets betting info

• The Mets have been favored on the moneyline 47 total times this season. They’ve finished 23-24 in those games.
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -143 or shorter, New York has a 9-14 record (winning just 39.1% of its games).
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Mets’ implied win probability is 58.8%.
• New York has played in 67 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 29 times (29-33-5).
• The Mets have a 28-39-0 record ATS this season.

Mets hitting info

• Juan Soto leads the Mets with 13 home runs while racking up a team-best batting average of .272.
• Among hitters in MLB, Soto ranks 28th in home runs and 93rd in RBI.
• Carson Benge is batting .260 with nine doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 17 walks.
• Benge ranks 106th in home runs among hitters in MLB action and 127th in RBI.
• Bo Bichette paces the Mets with 32 runs batted in.
• Marcus Semien is batting .219 with eight doubles, eight home runs and 17 walks.

Mets pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Mets has a collective 9.1 K/9, the fourth-best in the majors.
• New York has the eighth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.89).
• Pitchers for the Mets combine for the 14th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.288).
• The Mets give up the second-fewest home runs in baseball (61 total, 0.9 per game).
• New York its 7-0 loss the last time out, the team struck out six Cardinals batters while allowing 10 hits.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

• The Cardinals have won 28, or 53.8%, of the 52 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• This season, St. Louis has won nine of its 17 games, or 52.9%, when it’s the underdog by at least +120 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Cardinals, based on the moneyline, is 45.5%.
• Games involving St. Louis have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 26 of 65 chances this season.
• The Cardinals are 40-25-0 against the spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

• Jordan Walker is batting .303 with 17 home runs and 52 RBI. All three of those stats lead St. Louis hitters this season.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Walker is ninth in home runs and second in RBI.
• Walker takes a seven-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 games he is hitting .333 with four doubles, two home runs and 10 RBIs.
• Burleson has collected 73 hits this season and has an OBP of .357. He’s slugging .478 on the year.
• Burleson ranks 54th overall in homers and 10th in RBI this year.
• Burleson takes a 10-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last 10 outings he is batting .366 with four doubles, three home runs, four walks and 12 RBIs.
• Ivan Herrera is slashing .264/.392/.413 this season for the Cardinals.
• Herrera brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .333 with a double, three walks and an RBI.
• JJ Wetherholt has 60 hits and an OBP of .359 to go with a slugging percentage of .395 this season.
• Wetherholt enters this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .273 with two walks and two RBIs.

Cardinals pitching rankings

• The Cardinals average just 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in the big leagues.
• St. Louis has pitched to a 4.00 ERA this season, which ranks 12th in baseball.
• The Cardinals rank 20th in MLB with a combined 1.333 WHIP this season.
• With just 66 homers allowed, the Cardinals rank seventh in the league at preventing long balls.
• St. Louis earned a 7-0 win in its most recent game, striking out nine Mets batters while allowing five hits.