New York Mets at Chicago Cubs Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 17-15 Chicago Cubs play host to the 20-13 New York Mets tonight in MLB action on the grass of Wrigley Field, May 13, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 8:05PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Mets -106/Cubs -104
O/U Total: 6.5

Pitching Matchup
Matt Harvey (R) W/L 5-1 WHIP 0.96 ERA 2.72
Jason Hammel (R) W/L 3-1 WHIP 1.04 ERA 3.52

Chicago defeated New York 6-1 last night and leads the season series 2-0. Since the start of last season, they have a 7-2 edge.

The Mets are 2-3 on their current road trip and 4-5 in their last 9 games. The Cubs are 2-0 on their current homestand following a 2-5 road trip.

Harvey lost his first game of the season last week, 3-1 to Philadelphia. He went 6 innings and allowed 3 runs, his 5th Q start in 6 outings.

Hammel won 7-6 at Milwaukee last week, going 7 innings and surrendering 2 runs. It was his 3rd-straight Q start and 4th on the season.

Mets OF Curtis Granderson is hitting .353 off of Hammel with 2 HRs. 2B Daniel Murphy is hitting .500 off of the right-hander with a SB. Only two other hitters have faced Hammel before and they are a combined 0-5.

No Cubs hitter has more than 6 ABs vs. Harvey but six hitters in the lineup have a .333 BA or better vs. the young right-hander. Harvey hasn’t given up a HR or SB to any Cubs hitters.

New York at Chicago Betting Trends

The Mets are 2-5 straight up in their last 7 road games.
New York Mets are 1-4 straight up in their last 5 games against Chicago Cubs.
The game total has gone under the posted line in 4 of Chicago Cubs last 5 home games.
The Cubs are 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games at home against the Mets
The game total has gone under in 4 of Chicago Cubs last 6 games against the Mets.

Injury Report

NEW YORK METS
Vic Black P 15-Day Disabled List
Jerry Blevins P 15-Day Disabled List
Travis d’Arnaud C 15-Day Disabled List
Josh Edgin P 15-Day Disabled List
Dillon Gee P 15-Day Disabled List
Jenrry Mejia P 15-Day Disabled List
Bobby Parnell P 15-Day Disabled List
Cesar Puello OF 60-Day Disabled List
Zack Wheeler P 60-Day Disabled List
David Wright 3B 15-Day Disabled List

CHICAGO CUBS
Dallas Beeler P 15-Day Disabled List
Chris Denorfia OF 15-Day Disabled List
Tommy La Stella 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Mike Olt 3B 60-Day Disabled List
Neil Ramirez P 15-Day Disabled List
Jacob Turner P 60-Day Disabled List
Tsuyoshi Wada P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
New York Mets: 68%
Chicago Cubs: 32%

Free MLB Pick

Two solid pitchers with sub 1.00 WHIP are on the mound tonight. The early forecast has the wind blowing in. We get another OVER umpire behind home plate, but both pitchers as noted don’t give up a lot of baserunners so the effect of Emmel should be minimal.

Take the UNDER 6.5‏