What happened at the Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets game on June 14, 2021?

On June 14, 2021 the Chicago Cubs will take on the New York Mets at Citi Field. This is a divisional matchup that has been highly anticipated for weeks by baseball fans everywhere. The game is scheduled to start at 7:10 PM Eastern Standard Time and should be an exciting one with both teams looking strong this year.

The Chicago Cubs are coming into this game 5-0 straight up over their past 5 games after they sweeped the St. Louis Cardinals over the weekend. The Cubs will try to keep their momentum going Monday when they visit the New York Mets for the first game in a four-game series.

Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets Betting Odds & Line Movement

The online sportsbooks opened up this MLB game as a pick’em. The New York Mets and The Chicago Cubs were listed at -10. However, the online bookmakers listed the New York Mets as the -116 favorite. The Chicago Cups are listed as the +106 dogs. The total opened up at nine runs but it is now sitting at seven and a half runs. Keep in mind, in the past 6 games between these two teams, the score has gone under the total listed at the US Sportsbooks five out of the seven times between New York and Chicago.

Notes On The Chicago Cubs

Last Wednesday Jake Arrieta bounced back from giving up six earned runs against the San Francisco Giants to only allowing one run and five innings pitched against the San Diego Padres.Jake Arrieta is 5-6 this season. In a career against the Mets, he has a 3.03 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP.

Chicago’s bats were not very strong on Sunday night when they played against Carlos Martinez and the St. Louis bullpen. The Cubs only got 2 runs out of it. But two runs was all Chicago would need, and Zach Davies, Ryan Tepera and Craig Kimbrel combined for nine shutout innings in an eventual 2-0 Cubs win.

Craig Kimbrel has been good this year. He had a 0.66 ERA, a 0.70 WHIP, 18 saves and 45 strikeouts in 27.1 innings pitched in his first two seasons in Chicago.The Cubs have the second-best bullpen in baseball this season. The bullpen has a 2.59 ERA. Last year, the bullpen had a 4.38 ERA. This is good because it means that they are holding on to leads and games are close so they can win more games than last year when they did not do as well and

 

Notes On The New York Mets

David Peterson has pitched in three total innings across his last two starts and has surrendered 11 hits, four walks, nine earned runs, and five extra base hits all totaled to post a 27.00 ERA and a 5.00 WHIP.Peterson has seen his ERA rise from 4.91 to 6.32 over the past two months, as well as an uptick in losses with a tally now at 13-5.

The New York Mets were on a five-game winning streak heading into their most recent match against the San Diego Padres, but they failed to keep that momentum going in a 7-3 loss at home.The Padres scored six runs in the top of the seventh inning, led by Fernando Tatis Jr. hitting a grand slam.

New York’s offense has been held to four runs or less in seven of the club’s last nine games. They have had problems scoring runs because they are 27th out of all major teams, with 3.84 runs per game.The Mets are in first place because they have a good pitching. They don’t have a good offense, but it doesn’t matter.

Chicago Cubs vs New York Mets Betting Pick & Prediction:Chicago Cubs+106

Given New York’s struggles this season and the Cubs’ impressive offensive starts, go out on a limb and bet for an upset in today’s game.