Pick on the Moneyline for Friday's Braves-Mets game

The Atlanta Braves have at no point this season taken the National League East division lead from the New York Mets, but have been the hottest team in the National League since the start of June with a 40-16 record in that time and will continue their quest to overtake the Mets in Queens on Friday.

Atlanta Braves vs New York Mets (-125, 8.5)

Ian Anderson has been the Braves weak link in terms of starting pitchers ERA at 4.99, but enters Friday having allowed two runs or fewer in four of his last five starts with the team winning four of those starts.

Anderson is backed up by a lineup that is right on par with the Mets with both registering between 4.7 and 4.8 runs per game with Atlanta leading the National League with more than 1.5 home runs per game but the Mets having the higher batting average and ranking third in the league in on-base percentage.

  
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