TOM STRYKER’S FREE BASEBALL SELECTION MONDAY, JUNE 6TH
#954 SAN DIEGO with Snell (-120) over NY Mets with Carrasco at 9:40 PM EST
Off back-to-back road wins over the Dodgers and currently owners of the best record in the National League, New York will travel to San Diego and struggle against this surging Padres squad. The Friars return home off three consecutive road wins over the Brew Crew, and they’ll be in decent shape here with one of their best arms on the mound.
Toeing the rubber for the home team will be southpaw Blake Snell. With three starts in the books this season, No. 4 has been nicked for eight earned runs and eight hits in 15.0 innings. Snell fanned 18 and issued eight free passes on his way to a surprising 0-2 mark with a 4.80 ERA. Thankfully, in a pair of starts against the Mets last year, Blake pitched well allowing only three earned runs and six hits in 11.0 frames. Snell assembled a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 14-4 en route to a 1-1 tally with a 2.45 ERA.
Right-hander Carlos Carrasco will counter for the Boys from the Big Apple. On June 1st at home against Washington, No. 59 tossed a beauty giving up no earned runs and four hits in 5.0 frames. Carrasco fanned five and grabbed the dub in the Mets 5-0 shutout victory. Thankfully, the road has given Carlos fits this season. On foreign soil, Carrasco has been cracked for 12 earned runs and 25 hits in 21.3 innings. That equates to a 2-1 mark with a soft 5.06 ERA.
A handful of reliable team trends support this Best Bet. San Diego has won 14 of its last 17 when facing a foe that scored five runs or more last, 12 of its last 16 in the first game of a series, and eight of its last 11 against NL East foes. On the other side of the yard, New York has dropped 45 of its last 67 on the road facing a left-handed starter and 30 of its last 43 priced as an underdog.
Resting 2.0-games back of the Dodgers in the NL West, the Padres need to crank up their play at home (13-10 this year) in order to stay in this division race. Take San Diego with Snell. Thanks and best of luck, Tom.
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