The Cleveland Guardians will play the Seattle Mariners in Game 1 of their series at T-Mobile Park on Thursday afternoon.
The Cleveland Guardians are 66-56 this season and have won four of their last five games. Cleveland is coming off of a series win against San Diego, where they won both games played in the series. The Cleveland pitching staff has a 3.70 ERA, a 1.20 WHIP, and a .237 opponent batting average this season. The Guardians offense has scored 531 runs with a .252 batting average and a .314 on base percentage. Jose Ramirez is batting .285 with 25 home runs and 103 RBI’s for the Guardians this season. The projected starter for Cleveland is Triston McKenzie, who is 9-9 with a 3.11 ERA and a 0.96 WHIP over 141.2 innings pitched this season.
The Seattle Mariners are 67-57 this season and have lost three of their last four games. Seattle is coming off of a series split against Washington, where they won one game and lost one game in the series. The Seattle pitching staff has a 3.65 ERA, a 1.21 WHIP, and a .238 opponent batting average. The Mariners offense has scored 513 runs with a .232 batting average and a .315 on base percentage this year. Julio Rodriguez is batting .271 with 20 home runs and 64 RBI’s for the Mariners this season. The projected starter for Seattle is Marco Gonzalez, who is 8-12 with a 4.08 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP over 134.2 innings pitched this season.
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