The New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals meet Monday in MLB action at Busch Stadium. The New York Mets look for a win after winning six of their last eight games. The St. Louis Cardinals look for a win after winning six of their last nine games.

The New York Mets have scored 14 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in seven of their last 11 games. The Mets have won seven straight games when scoring four or more runs. Francisco Lindor leads the Mets with 20 hits and 12 RBI, while Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil have combined for 33 hits and 23 RBI. Max Scherzer gets the ball, and he is 3-0 with a 2.50 ERA and 23 strikeouts this season. Scherzer is 4-6 with a 2.76 ERA and 108 strikeouts in his career against the Cardinals.

The St. Louis Cardinals have scored 10 runs in their last three games and three or fewer runs in four of their last eight games. The Cardinals are 2-3 this season when scoring three or fewer runs. Nolan Arenado leads the Cardinals with 20 hits and 14 RBI, while Tommy Edman and Paul Goldschmidt have combined for 28 hits and 13 RBI. Miles Mikolas gets the ball, and he is 1-0 with a 1.76 ERA and 13 strikeouts this season. Mikolas is 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA and 4 strikeouts in his career against the Mets.

The Mets are 4-1 in their last 5 road games and 9-3 in their last 12 overall. The Cardinals are 11-4 in their last 15 home games and 35-16 in their last 51 overall. The under is 17-8-2 in Mets last 27 road games. The under is 6-0 in Cardinals last 6 overall. The Mets are 3-10 in the last 13 meetings.

The St. Louis Cardinals have had some offensive issues as of late, and now they’re going up against Scherzer who is getting more and more comfortable. Mikolas is also off to a fine start this season by allowing 13 hits and three runs in his first 15.1 innings. This has the makings of a pitcher’s duel. I’ll take a chance with the under.