The New York Mets (76-73) carry an eight-game losing streak into a home matchup against the Texas Rangers (79-70) on Sunday at 1:40 p.m. ET. The Mets are favored (-168) to halt their streak against the underdog Rangers (+140). Nolan McLean starts for New York while Texas will counter with Jake Latz.

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Mets vs. Rangers betting lines

• Favorite: Mets (-168)
• Underdog: Rangers (+140)
• Over/under: 8.5

Mets betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mets betting info

• The Mets have gone 58-46 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 55.8% of those games).
• New York has a 25-14 record (winning 64.1% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -168 or shorter.
• The Mets have an implied moneyline win probability of 62.7% in this game.
• New York has had an over/under set by bookmakers 149 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 70 of those games (70-71-8).
• The Mets have covered 45% of their games this season, going 67-82-0 ATS.

Mets hitting info

• Juan Soto has launched a team-high 40 homers.
• Among hitters in MLB play, Soto ranks seventh in homers and 10th in RBI.
• Francisco Lindor has 33 doubles, 26 home runs and 54 walks while hitting .262.
• Lindor currently ranks 36th in homers and 45th in RBI in the bigs.
• Lindor heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .143 with a double.
• Pete Alonso has racked up a team-high batting average of .267 while pacing the Mets in runs batted in (114).
• Brandon Nimmo is batting .261 with 27 doubles, 22 home runs and 48 walks.

Mets pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Mets has a collective 8.8 K/9, the ninth-best in the majors.
• New York’s 4.04 team ERA ranks 17th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Mets have the 24th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.340).
• Mets pitchers combine to surrender the second-fewest home runs in baseball (135 total, 0.9 per game).
• New York struck out six Rangers batters while giving up 11 hits in a 3-2 loss in its last game.

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• This season, the Rangers have been the underdog 74 times and won 30, or 40.5%, of those games.
• Texas has a record of 1-6 when it’s set as an underdog of +140 or more by bookmakers this season.
• The implied probability of a win by the Rangers, based on the moneyline, is 41.7%.
• Texas and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 66 of its 149 opportunities.
• In 149 games with a spread this season, the Rangers are 83-66-0 ATS.

Rangers hitting info

• Wyatt Langford is batting .244 this season with a team-high 21 home runs.
• Langford’s home run total ranks 60th in the big leagues, and he is 102nd in RBI.
• Josh Smith is batting .259 to lead Texas, while adding nine homers and 33 runs batted in this season.
• Among all major league hitters, Smith is 211th in homers and 242nd in RBI.
• Smith enters this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .400 with a double and three walks.
• Josh Jung has collected 108 base hits, an OBP of .295 and a slugging percentage of .390 this season.
• Jake Burger has 82 hits and an OBP of .282 to go with a slugging percentage of .445 this season.
• Burger enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .316 with two home runs, two walks and three RBIs.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 16th in MLB.
• Texas has the lowest ERA in baseball at 3.42.
• Rangers pitchers have a 1.172 WHIP this season, first-best in the majors.
• With just 157 homers allowed, the Rangers rank 10th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Texas pitchers struck out 13 Mets batters while allowing 11 hits in a 3-2 win last time out.