Two of baseball’s most productive sluggers go head-to-head when the Philadelphia Phillies (84-60) and the New York Mets (76-68) play at 6:45 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Citizens Bank Park. Kyle Schwarber has 49 homers (second in the majors) for the favored Phillies (-166), and Juan Soto ranks seventh in MLB play with 38 dingers this season for the Mets (+139). Philadelphia has Cristopher Sanchez starting, while New York will counter with Clay Holmes.

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Phillies vs. Mets betting lines

• Favorite: Phillies (-166)
• Underdog: Mets (+139)
• Over/under: 8

Phillies betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Phillies betting info

• The Phillies have been favored on the moneyline 116 total times this season. They’ve finished 71-45 in those games.
• Philadelphia has a 39-15 record (winning 72.2% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -166 or shorter.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Phillies have an implied win probability of 62.4%.
• Philadelphia has played in 144 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 59 times (59-75-10).
• The Phillies have covered 50% of their games this season, going 72-72-0 against the spread.

Phillies hitting info

• Schwarber leads the Phillies with 49 home runs and 120 runs batted in.
• Schwarber’s home runs rank second in MLB and he ranks first in RBI in MLB.
• Bryce Harper has 30 doubles, 24 home runs and 58 walks while batting .261.
• Harper ranks 41st in home runs and 70th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Bryson Stott is hitting .250 with 20 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 48 walks.
• Nick Castellanos is batting .253 with 25 doubles, two triples, 16 home runs and 29 walks.
• Castellanos has safely hit in three games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .250 with a triple, two walks and two RBIs.

Phillies pitching rankings

• The Phillies pitching staff is second in the majors with a collective 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Philadelphia has the seventh-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.80).
• Phillies pitchers combine for the No. 9 WHIP in the majors (1.242).
• Phillies pitchers combine to allow the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (152 total, 1.1 per game).
• Philadelphia knocked off the Mets 1-0 in its last game with 11 strikeouts while allowing five hits.

Mets betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mets betting info

• The Mets have entered the game as underdogs 42 times this season and won 18, or 42.9%, of those games.
• New York has not won as an underdog of +139 or more on the moneyline this season in three such games.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 41.8% chance of a victory for the Mets.
• Games involving New York have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 66 of 144 chances this season.
• The Mets are 67-77-0 against the spread this season.

Mets hitting info

• Soto leads New York with 38 home runs this season. He’s batting .261 with 93 RBI.
• In all of Major League Baseball, Soto is seventh in home runs and 13th in RBI.
• Francisco Lindor has collected 153 hits this season and has an OBP of .342. He’s slugging .458 on the year.
• Lindor is 33rd in homers and 41st in RBI among all MLB hitters this season.
• Pete Alonso leads New York in runs batted in with 113 while batting .269 with 33 homers.
• Brandon Nimmo has 135 hits and an OBP of .330 to go with a slugging percentage of .444 this season.

Mets pitching rankings

• The Mets strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, eighth-best in MLB.
• New York pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.92 ERA this year, which ranks 13th in MLB.
• The Mets have a combined WHIP of 1.326 as a pitching staff, which ranks 21st in MLB.
• The Mets have given up the second-fewest long balls so far this season with only 128 home runs allowed.
• New York pitchers struck out eight Phillies hitters while allowing seven base hits in a 1-0 loss its last time out.