New York Mets vs. Kansas City Royals Prediction and Betting Odds. The 97-75 New York Mets are set to take on the 103-71 Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri tonight October 28, 2015, first pitch is scheduled 8:07 PM
Betting Odds
Moneylines: Mets -127/Royals +117
O/U: 7.5
Pitching Match Up
New York: Jacob deGrom (14-8, 2.54 ERA)
Kansas City: Johnny Cueto (11-13, 3.44 ERA)
In their last games: In Game 1 of this series the Royals beat the Mets 5-4 in 14 innings.
The Mets head into Kansas City for Game 2 of the World Series. The 14-8 Jacob deGrom goes for the Mets and the 11-13 Johnny Cueto goes for the Royals. The Royals lead this series 1-0 after yesterday’s 5-4 14 inning win over the Mets. Alex Gordon hit a game-tying HR in the 9th inning facing Jeurys Familia, who had not blown a save since the end of July. Eric Hosmer hit a sacrifice fly in the 14th inning to win it for Kansas City. The Mets rank 17th in the Majors in runs scored and 4th in team ERA. They gave up 5 runs in the Game 1 loss and had not given up that many runs since Game 3 of the NLDS facing the L.A. Dodgers. The Royals rank 10th in team ERA and 7th in runs scored and they scored 5 runs in Game 1 of this series after totaling 5 runs in their previous 2 games.
New York at Kansas City Key Betting Trends
New York is 5-1 in their last 6 overall.
The Mets are 4-1 in their last 5 games vs. a right-handed starter.
New York has an Over record of 30-10-1 in their last 41 road games.
Kansas City is 7-2 in their last 9 overall.
The Royals are 6-0 in their last 6 home games.
Kansas City has an Over record of 5-2 in their last 7 games vs. a right-handed starter.
Key Player Injuries
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
KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Tim Collins P 60-Day Disabled List
Brian Flynn P 60-Day Disabled List
Jason Vargas P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Pick (Moneyline)
New York: 69%
Kansas City: 31%
Free MLB Pick
Jacob deGrom goes for the Mets tonight and he has been lights out in the playoffs going 3-0 with an ERA of 1.80 with 27 strikeouts and only 5 walks. New York has won 13 of their last 16 road games with deGrom on the mound. Johnny Cueto goes for the Royals and after winning their first 2 games in the playoffs with him getting the start the Royals were hammered in his last outing losing 11-8 to the Blue Jays where Cueto gave up 8 earned runs in only 2 innings of work. Cueto is 3-4 with a 4.02 ERA in 11 career starts against the Mets and the Royals are 4-1 in his last 5 starts against a team with a winning record.
With deGrom getting the start tonight I have to go with the Mets even though the Royals have the momentum after last night’s big comeback win.
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