San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets
Free picks : Total OVER 7 -125
The wind will be a factor on Sunday afternoon as the Mets and Giants wrap up their three game set. New York’s Oliver Perez has his own problems, and he doesn’t need weather to add to them.
He’s 0-2 with a 4.05 ERA on the season, and that goes up to 5.65 at home where he has yet to win a game. The left hander has a terrible history against the Giants in his career.
Perez is 0-5 with a 7.07 ERA and a WHIP of 1.69 in nine starts. Aaron Rowand (5-14), Mark DeRosa (5-9) and Bengie Molina (3-6) have the best numbers against Perez. The lefty is sporting a 1.61 WHIP so he loves putting runners on which is not good since the Giants are hitting .285 against lefties and .282 during the daytime.
San Francisco’s Tim Lincecum has 24 strikeouts in his last two starts but he hasn’t picked up a victory in either. The righty is 4-0 with a 1.70 ERA in six starts, but four of those six games have gone Over the total.
He is 0-1 with a 5.68 ERA and a WHIP of 1.58 in three career starts against the Mets. Last year, Lincecum gave up five runs and 10 hits in six innings of work in an 8-6 win by the Mets. Jose Reyes (2-6), Fernando Tatis (1-3), Alex Cora (1-3) and Jason Bay (1-3) have done the best in limited at-bats against Lincecum.
The Mets have gone Over in three straight games, and since the weather will play a factor in this game, we expect a high-scoring game this afternoon.