The Giants have been struggling for the last couple of weeks, but even though they won last night they are only 4-6 in their last 10 games and they are now only 1 game up on the Dodgers in the NL West. <\/p>\n
Venue\/ Stadium: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California<\/strong> PITCHING MATCHUP:<\/strong>\u00a0Mets LH Jonathon Niese (7-5, 3.86 ERA) vs. Giants RH Matt Cain (10-3, 2.80)<\/p>\n Matchup<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Preview<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n New York Mets vs. San Francisco Giants Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n However, their weak offense got better, as they traded for Hunter Pence before the trade deadline. The Mets are 3-7 in their last 10 games and they are, pretty much, out of the NL East race 12 games back of the Nationals. MLB lines have the Giants as home favorites with a low total of 6.5 runs.<\/p>\n In yesterday’s game the Giants beat the Mets 4-1.<\/p>\n This season the Mets have an O\/U record of 59-40 with a run-line W\/L record of 55-49 and the Giants have an O\/U record of 50-50 with a run0line W\/L record of 50-53.<\/p>\n On the season the Giants are 32-21 at home and the Mets are 24-28 on the road.<\/p>\n The Giants have beat the Mets in 7 of their last 10 home games.<\/p>\n Jonathan Niese (7-5, 3.86 ERA) goes for the Mets tonight and in his last outing he looked less than stellar giving up 6 runs in 6 innings in a loss to the Diamondbacks. Matt Cain (10-3, 2.80 ERA) is on the mound for the Giants and in his last outing he gave up 3 earned runs in 7 innings in a no decision facing the Dodgers. [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n Cain has dominated the Mets at home in his last 3 starts going 3-0 with an ETA of only 0.95. He has an ERA of only 2.11 in his last 13 home starts, but is only 6-2 since he has not gotten much run support.<\/p>\n The Mets are 0-4 in Niese’s last 4 starts and in that span he has an ERA of 5.67. Niese is 0-1 with a 2.77 ERA in 2 starts against San Francisco<\/p>\n Pence (.271 17 HR 59 RBI) is a welcome addition to the Giants’ offense that only ranks 25th in the Majors in runs scored and dead last in HR.<\/p>\n In some betting trends for this NL Match up the Mets are 4-9 in their last 13 road games, 0-4 in Niese’s last 4 starts, and they have an Under record of 5-2-1 in their last 8 games.<\/p>\n The Giants are 1-5 in their last 6 home games, 11-4 in Cains last 15 starts, and they have an Under record of 20-9-2 in their last 31 home games.<\/p>\n
\nTime\/Date: 10:15 PM EST Wednesday, August 1, 2012<\/strong>
\nMLB Odds From: Bovada<\/a><\/strong>
\nMoneyline: Mets +150 \/ Giants -170 <\/strong>
\nOver\/Under:\u00a0 6.5 runs <\/strong><\/p>\n