Phillies vs Mets Free Pick June 30, 2017 – Jesse Schule

The Mets return home to face the Phillies Friday, and they are winners of five of their last six. The Phillies are coming off back to back wins at Seattle, but had lost 10 of their previous 11 road games. I like the Mets to win big behind Jacob deGrom in the series opener. deGrom (7-3, 3.71 ERA) allowed one run on four hits, striking out seven in eight innings in a win at San Francisco his last time out. He totally owns the Phillies, with a record of 4-0 and a 2.42 ERA in his last seven starts against them. Philadelphia will hand the ball to rookie right-hander Ben Lively, who was hammered by the D’Backs his last time out. He was torched for five runs on seven hits over 5 1/3 innings in the loss at Arizona. The Phillies have lost 40 of their last 53 road games, and four straight when Lively starts. They are 0-8 in their last eight versus the Mets when deGrom starts. Take MYM -1.5. GL, Jesse Schule.