The Cleveland Guardians will play the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 2 of their series at Tropicana Field on Saturday afternoon.
The Cleveland Guardians are 51-48 this season and have won three of their last four games. Cleveland won Game 1 of this series by a score of 4-1 on Friday night. The Cleveland pitching staff has a 3.87 ERA, a 1.23 WHIP, and a .239 opponent batting average this season. The Guardians offense has scored 435 runs with a .252 batting average and a .315 on base percentage. Jose Ramirez is batting .287 with 21 home runs and 83 RBI’s for the Guardians this season. The projected starter for Cleveland is Zach Plesac, who is 2-8 with a 4.09 ERA and a 1.26 WHIP over 99 innings pitched this season.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 53-47 this season and have lost six of their last seven games. Prior to losing Game 1 of this series, Tampa Bay lost three out of the four games played in their series against Baltimore. The Tampa Bay pitching staff has a 3.43 ERA, a 1.16 WHIP, and a .233 opponent batting average. The Rays offense has scored 411 runs with a .239 batting average and a .307 on base percentage this year. Randy Arozarena is batting .255 with 12 home runs and 47 RBI’s for the Rays this season. The projected starter for Tampa Bay is Corey Kluber, who is 6-6 with a 3.91 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP over 99 innings pitched this season.
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