I am by no means a baseball capper but I am a big time Mets fan and I think we have a good spot to make a play on them tonight and I was hoping I could get some of the baseball guys in this forums opinion on tonight's game.
This is the way I see it. Mets are playing extremely well as of late, winning 15 out of their last 22 games, the young guys are starting to believe in themselves and staying pat at the deadline instead of trading Colon or Murphy I feel is a nice emotional boost for this team. Giants have lost 6 out of last 7. Niese pitches well at home (2.80 ERA) and Vogelsong struggles a bit on the road (5+ ERA). Mets bullpen should be fresh after not being used much in last game and having off day Thursday. Giants had off day as well but had a cross country flight so their body clocks could still be off a bit. Giants bullpen was used to finish 6 innings in their last game. Giants aren't world beaters vs lefties. Mets got swept earlier in year @ San Fran so I could see a little revenge on their minds tonight. Vogelsong's stuff isn't special and I look for the Mets bats to stay hot vs him tonight. Big resurgence in Lucas Duda who should have his way again tonight. Murphy and Granderson too should have solid nights at the plate. Posey worries me against Niese but I think Niese is smart enough to not let him be the player that beats him tonight. I look for a very solid outing from Niese, something around 6.2 in 2 ER and look for the Mets bats to be able to handle Vogelsong. Mets bullpen has been very solid as of late with Familia and Mejia really coming into their own and shutting down games. I look for this to continue tonight. I can see Mets taking this one 5-2 tonight.
Any opinions on this game with reasoning to back it up would be greatly appreciated.