T.M. Selection: Philadelphia Phillies +1.5.

I like the Philadelphia Phillies runline in this game against the New York Mets on Saturday. The Phillies didn't look great in the previous game with an 8-6 loss to the Mets and it was more their pitching that let them down early in that game but their offense was not dead and after falling behind 7-0 in the 4th inning, the Phillies still managed to mount a comeback and score 6 runs in the 6th inning to make it a 7-6 game. Now that was all of the runs they would score in that game and went on to lose 8-6 but their offense still looked good and the Mets have been dealing with a lot of problems with their pitchers lately between injuries and just general regression after some great starts by all of their starters. The bullpen also hasn't looked great in their games for the Mets lately and I think this is going to be another game where the pitching for the Mets lets them down and I expect the Phillies to bounce back with a win here after losing 3/4 of their previous 4 games. Taijuan Walker (2-0, 2.70 ERA) is up for the Mets here and he has been very up and down in his starts this year. He has bad starts where he has given up 7+ runs and good starts where he doesn't even allow a run. He is giving up a lot of hits though and has gotten himself into trouble in some of their games lately putting the team in dangerous positions and I think if he does that here, the Phillies will pounce and take advantage of their opportunity. Zach Eflin (1-3, 3.65 ERA) is up for the Phillies here and his ERA isn't great but he has looked really good in a lot of starts lately, giving up 2 runs or less in 3/4 of his previous 4 starts and I think he is only going to get better as the year goes on. I think this is a good game for the Phillies to win here. I like the Phillies runline here.

T.M. Prediction: 6-4 Phillies.