The San Diego Padres hit up Max Scherzer for seven earned runs in a 7-1 beatdown of the New York Mets on Friday night and now hold a 1-0 lead in the 2022 NL Wild Card Series. But the Mets will have the luxury of turning to another winner of multiple Cy Youngs with Jacob deGrom taking the mound in Game 2. San Diego isn't likely to be frightened after their offensive outpouring on Friday given that deGrom has a 6.00 ERA over his last four starts but Padres starter Blake Snell is only 3-3 with a 1.33 career WHIP against the Mets.

First pitch at Citi Field is set for 7:37 p.m. ET. New York is listed as a -178 favorite (risk $178 to win $100) on the money line in the latest Mets vs. Padres odds from Caesars Sportsbook, while the over/under for total runs scored is 5.5 (see the latest lines for every game on our MLB odds page).

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The model knows New York posted one of the best home records in the major leagues this season at 54-27 after winning eight of its final nine games at Citi Field but lost two of three when San Diego visited in July. And after Friday's loss with Scherzer on the bump, deGrom will need to erase the taste of arguably the worst month of his career. Luckily, the two-time NL Cy Young winner has a 1.28 career ERA in 10 career starts against the Padres and the current San Diego roster has a career OPS of .570 against him.

The model also knows San Diego has to be feeling confident having won five of seven against the Mets this season and coming off a trouncing of three-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer. Jurickson Profar, Manny Machado, Josh Bell and Trent Gresham all hit home runs on Friday night twirled seven strong innings. However, the Padres only managed eight hits in the game and the Mets had seven and New York hit Snell up for four earned runs in four innings back on June 6. He rebounded by throwing five scoreless innings against them on July 23 but can the Mets tap into that first experience against the lefty this season?

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