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We like the Mets to make it a four-game sweep over the Cubs tonight. Both of today’s starting pitchers - Kyle Hendricks for Chicago and Marcus Stroman for New York - enter this game with an 8-5 TSR. But Stroman has the lower ERA and WHIP, plus the benefit of pitching for the hotter team. Of course, right now there is a sense of “gloom” hanging over the Mets as they await the prognosis of Jacob deGrom, who left last night’s game (after three perfect innings) due to right shoulder soreness. But Stroman has also been a key piece of this rotation. While his 2.33 ERA is third best on his own team (behind deGrom and Taijuan Walker), it is ninth best in the whole National League. While it’s true that the Cubs have won six straight Hendricks’ starts, he has a 4.46 ERA, over two full points higher than Stroman. The Cubs have scored only seven runs in this series and were held to one hit until the ninth inning of yesterday’s game. The Mets have a 20-6 home record with the opponents averaging 2.1 runs/game! The Cubs are 14-20 on the road. Play on NY METS

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