Giants-Mets Lines Preview

The fans at Citi Field will be treated to a game between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets when they take their seats on Monday. Righthander Joe Martinez will take the mound for the Giants to start this game. Martinez is 1-1 this season with a 5.79 ERA. It'll be Livan Hernandez toeing the rubber for the Mets in this contest. Righthander Hernandez is 7-7 with a 5.28 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Mets listed as 102-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Mets defeated the Giants 3-2 as a +100 underdog on Sunday. The five runs scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (8). Daniel Murphy delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning for the Mets and Luis Castillo hit a two-run home run in the win. Eugenio Velez was 2-3 with an RBI and a run scored for San Francisco and Jonathan Sanchez gave up two runs on four hits in seven innings. Team records: San Francisco: 63-54 SU New York: 54-63 SU San Francisco most recently: When playing on Monday are 5-5 Before playing Cincinnati are 6-4 After playing NY Mets are 3-7 After a loss are 7-3 New York most recently: When playing on Monday are 6-4 Before playing Atlanta are 5-5 After playing San Francisco are 6-4 After a win are 4-6 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Francisco's last 8 games The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Francisco's last 8 games when playing on the road against NY Mets The total has gone UNDER in 12 of San Francisco's last 18 games on the road San Francisco is 6-12 SU in its last 18 games on the road NY Mets are 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against San Francisco NY Mets are 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing San Francisco The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Mets's last 8 games when playing at home against San Francisco NY Mets are 6-12 SU in its last 18 games Next up: San Francisco at Cincinnati, Tuesday, August 18 NY Mets home to Atlanta, Tuesday, August 18