<p>Former division rivals clash when the NL East-leading Mets and the Cardinals begin a four-game series at Citi Field Monday night. It looks like New York will send "opener" Trevor Williams to the mound for this one against Miles Mikolas for St. Louis.</p>
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<h2>MLB Betting Odds</h2>
<p>Monday's baseball betting lines opened New York and Williams at around -120 over St. Louis and Mikolas, with an over/under of eight runs. Both those figures were holding steady in the early betting action.</p>
<h2>Cardinals-Mets MLB Betting Preview</h2>
<p>St. Louis just took two of three games at home from San Francisco over the weekend, winning Sunday night's series rubber match 15-6. Just before that, the Cardinals lost two of three games to Baltimore, and just before that, they lost the last two games of a series against San Francisco. So St. Louis is only 3-5 over its last eight games.</p>
<p>At 19-15 overall, the Cardinals sit in second place in the NL Central, 2.5 games behind first-place Milwaukee.</p>
<p>New York, meanwhile, just suffered its first series loss of this season, losing two of three games at home to Seattle, including Sunday's rubber match 8-7. Just before that, the Mets took two of three games from Washington, and just before that, they took two of three from Philadelphia. So New York is 4-3 over its last seven games.</p>
<p>At 23-13 overall, the Mets lead the NL East by 5.5 games over the second-place Phillies.</p>
<p>This series is the second meeting between these teams this season; three weeks ago, New York took two of three games at Busch Stadium.</p>
<h2>Monday's Pitching Match-Up</h2>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/94669&quot; title="Trevor Willaims Pitching Game Stats">Williams</a> will be making his second start of this season to go along with four appearances in relief. Last Wednesday, he tossed 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief against Washington, although New York lost that game 8-3. But over his two appearances previous to that, he got clipped for seven runs and ten hits through 5 2/3 innings.</p>
<p>The Mets lost Williams' only other start this season, 5-2 to Arizona.</p>
<p>Over three appearances last year against St. Louis, Williams allowed four runs and nine hits through 6 1/3 innings.</p>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/40285&quot; title="Miles Mikolas Pitching Logs">Mikolas</a> is 4/7 on quality starts this year and three for his last four. Last Wednesday, he held Baltimore to one run and four hits through seven innings of a 10-1 Cardinals win. And over his last six starts, he's allowed just five runs and 26 hits through 38 2/3 innings.</p>
<p>St. Louis is 5-2 with Mikolas this year and should be even better than that.</p>
<p>In one start already this season against the Mets, Mikolas tossed seven innings of four-hit, shutout ball, although the Cardinals lost that game 5-2.</p>
<h2>Splits With the Sticks</h2>
<p>St. Louis is batting .239 against right-handed pitching this season, with a .312 team OBP and a .367 team slugging percentage.</p>
<p>New York is slashing .264/.338/.399 against right-handed pitching.</p>
<h2>The Bullpens </h2>
<p>The Cardinals bullpen owns a 3.38 ERA this season, along with a 1.22 WHIP.</p>
<p>The Mets pen owns a 3.59 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP<br />
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<h2>MLB Betting Trends </h2>
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<li>This season, the Cardinals are 9-7 on the road and 15-12 against right-handed starters.</li>
<li>The Mets are 10-7 at home and 19-7 against RH starters.</li>
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<h2>Totals Report</h2>
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<li>The overs are 17-16 in Cardinals games this season.</li>
<li>The Under is 17-16 in Mets games.</li>
<li>The Over is 9-7 at Busch Stadium this season.</li>
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