Kyle Schwarber and Juan Soto face off in a battle between top-10 sluggers when the Philadelphia Phillies (85-60) and the New York Mets (76-69) play at 7:15 p.m. ET on Thursday. Schwarber has 50 homers (second in MLB) for the favored Phillies (-147), and Soto is seventh in MLB play with 38 dingers this season for the underdog Mets (+123). Philadelphia’s Jesus Luzardo starts against New York’s David Peterson.

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Phillies vs. Mets betting lines

• Favorite: Phillies (-147)
• Underdog: Mets (+123)
• Over/under: 8.5

Phillies betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Phillies betting info

• The Phillies have won 72 of the 117 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (61.5%).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -147 or shorter, Philadelphia has a 50-24 record (winning 67.6% of its games).
• The Phillies have a 59.5% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Philadelphia has played in 145 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 60 times (60-75-10).
• The Phillies have a 73-72-0 record ATS this season (covering 50.3% of the time).

Phillies hitting info

• Schwarber paces the Phillies in home runs (50) and runs batted in (123).
• Schwarber’s home runs rank second in MLB and he ranks first in RBI in MLB.
• Bryce Harper is batting .263 with 30 doubles, 24 home runs and 58 walks.
• Harper ranks 41st in homers and 72nd in RBI this year.
• Bryson Stott is hitting .255 with 20 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 48 walks.
• Stott has hit safely in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .412 with a double, a home run, two walks and five RBIs.
• Nick Castellanos is hitting .253 with 26 doubles, two triples, 16 home runs and 29 walks.
• Castellanos brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .294 with a double, a triple, two walks and four RBIs.

Phillies pitching rankings

• The Phillies pitching staff is second in MLB with a collective 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Philadelphia’s 3.79 team ERA ranks seventh across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Phillies have the ninth-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.242).
• Phillies pitchers combine to surrender 153 home runs (1.1 per game), the eighth-fewest in baseball.
• In its 9-3 win last time out, Philadelphia struck out 14 Mets batters while allowing eight hits.

Mets betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Mets betting info

• This season, the Mets have been the underdog 43 times and won 18, or 41.9%, of those games.
• New York has entered 10 games this season as the underdog by +123 or more and is 4-6 in those contests.
• The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 44.8% chance of a victory for the Mets.
• Games involving New York have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 67 of 145 chances this season.
• The Mets are 67-78-0 against the spread this season.

Mets hitting info

• Soto is batting .261 this season with a team-high 38 home runs.
• In all of MLB, Soto ranks seventh in homers and 11th in RBI.
• Francisco Lindor is batting .264 with an OBP of .339 and a slugging percentage of .454 this season.
• Lindor currently ranks 34th in home runs and 41st in RBI in the major leagues.
• Pete Alonso leads New York in runs batted in with 113 while batting .269 with 33 homers.
• Alonso has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .200 with two doubles and a walk.
• Brandon Nimmo has collected 136 hits this season and has an OBP of .330. He’s slugging .443 on the year.

Mets pitching rankings

• The Mets have an 8.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, eighth-best in baseball.
• New York pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.95 ERA this year, which ranks 15th in MLB.
• Mets pitchers have a 1.328 WHIP this season, 23rd in the majors.
• With just 131 homers allowed, the Mets rank second in the league at preventing long balls.
• New York pitchers struck out eight Phillies hitters while allowing 13 base hits in a 9-3 loss its last time out.