The Tampa Bay Rays will play the Cleveland Guardians in Game 3 of their series at Progressive Field on Thursday night.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 85-70 this season and have lost three of their last four games. Tampa Bay won Game 1 of this series by a score of 6-5 on Tuesday night. The Tampa Bay pitching staff has a 3.39 ERA, a 1.14 WHIP, and a .232 opponent batting average this season. The Rays offense has scored 650 runs with a .241 batting average and a .310 on base percentage. Randy Arozarena is batting .269 with 20 home runs and 88 RBI’s for the Rays this season. The projected starter for Tampa Bay is Jeffrey Springs, who is 9-4 with a 2.56 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP over 126.1 innings pitched this season.
The Cleveland Guardians are 87-68 this season and have won eight of their last nine games. Cleveland won Game 2 of this series by a score of 2-1 on Wednesday night. The Cleveland pitching staff has a 3.50 ERA, a 1.17 WHIP, and a .231 opponent batting average. The Guardians offense has scored 666 runs with a .253 batting average and a .315 on base percentage this year. Jose Ramirez is batting .276 with 28 home runs and 119 RBI’s for the Guardians this season. The projected starter for Cleveland is Cal Quantrill, who is 14-5 with a 3.49 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP over 175.1 innings pitched this season.
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