<p>After taking the first two games of this three-game series, the Padres shoot for the sweep when the teams meet for this week's edition of Sunday night baseball in Queens. Joe Musgrove takes the pill for San Diego here against Carlos Carrasco for New York.</p>
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<h2>MLB Betting Odds</h2>
<p>Sunday's baseball betting lines opened New York at around -120 over San Diego, with an over/under of 7.5 runs. Both figures were holding steady in the early betting action.</p>
<h2>Padres-Mets Betting Preview</h2>
<p>San Diego won the opener of this series Friday night 4-1, then took Saturday's game 2-1. The Padres won as +170 underdogs against Max Scherzer Friday, then at +135 Saturday. Also, both games played under their totals.</p>
<p>With Saturday's win, San Diego is 4-1 over its last five games. At 54-42 overall, the Padres trail the first-place Dodgers by 10.5 games in the NL West but also own the No. 2 spot in the National League wild-card standings.</p>
<p>With Saturday's loss, New York now owns a three-game losing skid. At 58-37 overall, the Mets' lead in the NL East is down to just a half-game over second-place Atlanta.</p>
<p>San Diego leads the season series with New York four games to one.</p>
<h2>Sunday's Pitching Match-Up </h2>
<p><a class="advblue "href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/39984&quot; title="Carlos Carrasco Pitching Game Logs">Carrasco</a> is 5/18 on quality starts this season, although some of that has to do with a short leash. Six times this season, he's pitched to within three outs or less of a QS, only to get pulled. Last time out, ten days ago, he held the Cubs scoreless on five hits through six innings of an 8-0 New York victory. And over his last three starts, he's allowed just three runs and 18 hits through 17 1/3 innings, with five walks against 19 strikeouts.</p>
<p>The Mets are 11-7 with Carrasco this season, 3-0 his last three times out.</p>
<p>In one start this season against San Diego, back in June, Carrasco allowed two runs and five hits through seven frames, with zero walks and ten whiffs, in an 11-5 New York win.</p>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/79907&quot; title="Joe Musgrove Pitching Game Stats">Musgrove is a very impressive 14/16 on quality starts this year</a>. Last time out, 11 days ago, he got touched by Colorado for five runs and nine hits through five innings of a 10-6 Padres loss. But over his two starts previous to that, he held the Giants and Dodgers to three runs and six hits through 14 innings, with five walks and 16 K's.</p>
<p>San Diego is 12-4 with Musgrove this year, although only 1-3 his last four times out.</p>
<p>Over his last two starts against the Mets, both last season, Musgrove gave up six runs and 12 hits through 11 1/3 innings, with two walks and 17 whiffs. The Padres lost both those games.</p>
<h2>Splits With the Sticks</h2>
<p>San Diego is batting .236 against right-handed pitching this season, with a .311 team OBP and a .370 team slugging percentage.</p>
<p>New York is slashing .257/.325/.404 against right-handed pitching.</p>
<h2>The Bullpens</h2>
<p>The Mets bullpen owns a 3.44 ERA this season and a 1.20 WHIP.</p>
<p>The Padres pen owns a 3.80 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP.<br />
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<h2>MLB Betting Trends</h2>
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<li>The Padres are 28-21 on the road this season and 32-29 against right-handed starters.</li>
<li>The Mets are 28-16 at home and 38-22 against right-handed starters.</li>
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<h2>Totals Report</h2>
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<li>The Under is 51-42 in Padres games this season.</li>
<li>The Over is 46-41 in Mets games.</li>
<li>The Over is 24-20 at Citi Field this season.</li>
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