The Cleveland Guardians will play the Chicago White Sox in Game 1 of their series at Guaranteed Rate Field on Friday night.
The Cleveland Guardians are 46-44 this season and have won five of their last seven games. Cleveland is coming off of a series win against Detroit, where they won all three games played in the series. The Cleveland pitching staff has a 3.87 ERA, a 1.24 WHIP, and a .240 opponent batting average this season. The Guardians offense has scored 391 runs with a .249 batting average and a .314 on base percentage. Jose Ramirez is batting .288 with 19 home runs and 75 RBI’s for the Guardians this season. The projected starter for Cleveland is Cal Quantrill, who is 6-5 with a 3.75 ERA and a 1.29 WHIP over 100.2 innings pitched this season.
The Chicago White Sox are 46-46 this season and have won five of their last six games. Chicago is coming off of a series win against Minnesota, where they won three out of the four games played. The Chicago pitching staff has a 3.98 ERA, a 1.32 WHIP, and a .242 opponent batting average. The White Sox offense has scored 406 runs with a .257 batting average and a .311 on base percentage this year. Jose Abreu is batting .304 with 11 home runs and 46 RBI’s for the White Sox this season. The projected starter for Chicago is Lucas Giolito, who is 6-5 with a 4.69 ERA and a 1.40 WHIP over 88.1 innings pitched this season.