#907/908 ASA PLAY ON Over 8 Runs - New York Mets at Arizona Diamondbacks, Thursday at 3:40 PM ET - The Diamondbacks have won 27 of 36 games since the All-Star break. Arizona has scored an average of 6.8 runs in the last 32 of those games and, as you would expect, have been trending strongly to the over! The Mets had won 8 of 13 games prior to yesterday's 8-5 loss and they have averaged 5 runs during this stretch. The Mets start David Peterson here and the left-hander does have great numbers on the season and in recent outings. One of the keys however is that he has faced a lot of weaker teams quite often this season including the A's plus the Marlins multiple times and the Nationals 3 times. Give him some credit for a solid overall season but keep in mind facing the Diamondbacks at Arizona is a tough match-up! The Dbacks have the #1 batting average at home in the majors this season! Also, both these bullpens have ERA numbers that rank them only at mid-level in the majors. As for the Arizona starter, Ryne Nelson is off of B2B quality starts on the road but has a 4.95 ERA in his home starts this season. Also, the Mets have the #1 slugging percentage in the NL in road games this season! Two solid hitting teams and both teams with hopes on post-season MLB keep pushing hard in this one and the runs keep coming. 22 of the last 30 Arizona games have totaled at least 9 runs and that trend continues here! Over is the call in this one Thursday afternoon.