#905/906 ASA TOP PLAY ON Under 7 Runs – NY Mets vs Atlanta Braves, Monday at 7:20 PM ET - Both teams have their top starters on the mound tonight and we expect a low scoring battle. Scherzer came back from a stint on the DL on July 5th to make a start vs Cincinnati. He looked like he hadn’t missed a beat allowing just 2 hits and 0 ER’s in 6 IP. He racked up 11 strike outs in those 6 innings. On the season opponents are hitting just .198 vs Scherzer and he’s allowed only 48 total baserunners in 57+ innings. He has not faced Atlanta yet this season. Lefty Fried takes the hill for Atlanta and he’s been just as impressive. His ERA on the season is 2.52 and he’s allowed just 4 ER’s in his last 4 starts. Fried also has not allowed a HR since June 9th and is giving up just 0.50 HR’s per 9 innings this season. The Mets have struggled vs lefties this year averaging just 3.79 RPG on the road with a batting average of .239 overall vs southpaws. In his only meeting vs NY this year, Fried allowed 2 ER’s in 6 innings. Both are high strikeout pitchers and both walk only 1.5 batters per 9 innings so we look for very few baserunners tonight. Each bullpen ranks in the top 10 (Atlanta 4th & NYM 10th) so when the starters do exit we should be OK. These 2 NL East rivals have met 4 times this year and averaged just 7.5 total RPG in those meetings. With their top starters going here, we look for another pitcher’s duel.