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Phillies vs Mets Free Baseball Prediction |
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Written by Martin Bishop
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 |
Brett Myers hasn't exactly been Cy Young throughout his career, but he has been a fairly solid pitcher. That is why it was somewhat surprising to see him being demoted to Triple-A baseball earlier this year. After notching at least 11 wins every season between 2003 and 2006, Myers saved 21 games for the Philadelphia Phillies when he moved to the bullpen last year.
But after returning back to the starting rotation this year, Myers has been absolutely atrocious on the road. Myers is 3-3 at home with a respectable 3.81 ERA. In 54.1 innings pitched at home, he's allowed only 43 hits and 20 walks (1.16 WHIP) while striking out 57 batters.
 On the road, Myers is 0-6 with an unbearable 8.18 ERA. In 47.1 innings pitched on the road, Myers has allowed 72 hits and 24 walks (2.03 WHIP) while striking out only 31 batters.
Lots of pitchers perform better at home than on the road but Myers struggles are uncharacteristic. The Phillies – as a team – lost confidence on days that he would pitch and consequently lost 11 of the last 12 games he started.
On Wednesday, Myers will be returning to the Philadelphia Phillies after a good stint in the minors. Myers had an ERA of 3.00 over 27 innings pitched while walking only eight batters and striking out 27. He also showed improved command of his fastball.
Myers will start again John Maine of the New York Mets, who has had a rocky season himself. BetOnline.com has the New York Mets –142 odds baseball prediction favorites against the Philadelphia Phillies +122 with the total set at 9 runs with +105 juice.
The Mets are only 4-4 in Maine's last four starts but he hasn't been able to give them six innings of work in any of his last four starts. Maine has allowed 11 earned runs in his last 15 innings pitched.
Even so, Maine is 4-1 with a 4.01 ERA at home this season and opposing hitters are batting only .209 against him at Shea Stadium versus .254 when he's pitching away.
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