Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets Prediction and Betting Odds. The 101-67 Chicago Cubs are set to take on the 94-74 New York Mets at Citi Field, New York, New York tonight October 18, 2015, first pitch is scheduled 8:07 PM

Betting Odds
Moneylines: Cubs -170 / Mets+150
O/U: OFF

Pitching Match Up
Chicago: Jake Arrieta (22-6, 1.77 ERA)
New York: Noah Syndergaard (9-7, 3.24 ERA)

In their last games: In Game 1 of this NLCS the Mets beat the Cubs 4-2.

The Mets lead this best of 7 series 1-0.

The Cubs head into New York for the 2nd game of the 7 game NLCS. The 22-6 Jake Arrieta goes for the Cubs and the 9-7 Noah Syndergaard goes for the Mets. The Cubs open at -170 as the road favorite. The Mets scored 1 run in each of the 5th, 6th, and 7th innings and had 8 hits in the 4-2 Game 1 win in this series. The Mets snapped a 5-game home losing streak to the Cubs with the win. New York’s Daniel Murphy hit a solo HR in the Game 1 win and he has a HR in 3 straight playoff games and for the postseason he is hitting .320 with 4 HR and 6 RBI. The Mets are led by their pitching, which ranks 4th in the Majors in team ERA and they have given up a total of 7 runs in their last 3 games. They rank 17th in runs scored. The Cubs rank tied for 15th in runs scored and before their Game 1 loss where they only scored 2 runs they had totaled 20 runs in their previous 3 games. They rank 3rd in the Majors in team ERA.

Chicago at New York Key Betting Trends

Chicago is 16-6 in their last 22 road games.
The Cubs are 2-5 in their last 7 playoff road games.
Chicago has an Under record of 12-5-1 in their last 18 games.
New York is 3-5 in their last 7 home games.
The Mets are 1-4 in their last 5 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
New York has an Under record of 5-1 in their last 6 home games.

Key Player Injuries

CHICAGO CUBS
Addison Russell 2B Out Indefinitely (hamstring)
Jacob Turner P 60-Day Disabled List

NEW YORK METS
Jerry Blevins P 60-Day Disabled List
Buddy Carlyle P 60-Day Disabled List
Darrell Ceciliani 60-Day Disabled List
Josh Edgin P 60-Day Disabled List
Jack Leathersich 60-Day Disabled List
Rafael Montero P 60-Day Disabled List
Ruben Tejada SS Out For Season (leg)
Wilfredo Tovar SS 60-Day Disabled List
Zack Wheeler P 60-Day Disabled List

Consensus Pick (Moneyline)
Chicago: 66%
New York: 34%

Free MLB Pick

No surprise that the Cubs are the road favorite in this game with Jake Arrieta getting the start. He has only lost 1 road game all season and Including the postseason, he has has a 0.83 ERA over 15 overall starts since losing on July 25th. Since losing his only game on the road in the beginning of May Arrieta is 12-0 on the road with an ERA of 1.18. He is 2-0 with a 0.98 ERA in his last 4 starts facing the Mets and while he did get the win in Game 3 of the NLDS facing the Cardinals he did give up 4 runs in 5 innings of work in a 8-6 Chicago win. When Noah Syndergaard made his Major League debut this season he faced Aarrieta and took the loss after giving up 3 runs in 5 innings in the 6-1 New York loss. This season at home he is 7-2 with a 2.46 ERA in 12 starts. Syndergaard was the Game 2 starter in the NLDS giving up 3 runs in 6 innings in the 5-2 loss to the Dodgers.

Arrieta did not look himself in his last start in the NLDS, but he will have a good outing tonight and lead the Cubs to the win, as they will even this series heading back to Chicago.

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