The Cleveland Guardians will play the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of their series at Fenway Park on Monday night.
The Cleveland Guardians are 48-46 this season and have won five of their last seven games. Cleveland is coming off of a series split with the White Sox, where they won two games and lost two games in the series. The Cleveland pitching staff has a 3.90 ERA, a 1.24 WHIP, and a .241 opponent batting average this season. The Guardians offense has scored 413 runs with a .252 batting average and a .315 on base percentage. Jose Ramirez is batting .287 with 19 home runs and 78 RBI’s for the Guardians this season. The projected starter for Cleveland is Zach Plesac, who is 2-7 with a 4.02 ERA and a 1.27 WHIP over 94 innings pitched this season.
The Boston Red Sox are 48-48 this season and have lost nine of their last ten games. Boston is coming off of a series loss against Toronto, where they lost all three games played and were outscored 40-10 in the series. The Boston pitching staff has a 4.32 ERA, a 1.30 WHIP, and a .246 opponent batting average. The Red Sox offense has scored 440 runs with a .256 batting average and a .317 on base percentage this year. Xander Bogaerts is batting .313 with seven home runs and 38 RBI’s for the Red Sox this season. The projected starter for Boston is Nick Pivetta, who is 8-7 with a 4.50 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP over 108 innings pitched this season.