The Cleveland Guardians hit the road to take on the Baltimore Orioles on Monday afternoon. Cleveland, the defending AL Central Division champions, has struggled to regain the magic that the team had through the second half of last season. Baltimore, meanwhile, has picked right up where it left off in 2022 and continues to be one of the surprises of the American League. The pitching matchup on Monday night will feature Cleveland rookie lefty Logan Allen (1-2, 3.31) taking on Orioles righty Tyler Wells (2-1, 2.64). The first pitch is scheduled for 1:05 PM EST.
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The Cleveland Guardians come into Baltimore well under .500 for the season and trying to regain the form that led them to the playoffs in 2022. The Guardians are 11-14 on the road this season and have struggled to put up runs this season. Over the weekend, the Guardians split the first two games of their series with the Cardinals heading into Sunday's finale. On Sunday afternoon, Jose Ramirez doubled home two runs in the ninth to give the Guardians a walk-off 4-3 win to take the series.
Tanner Bibee recorded a career-high 9 strikeouts last night against the Cards.#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/JANc6NOvyw
— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) May 28, 2023
The Guardians will hand the ball to rookie left-hander Logan Allen in game one of this series with the Orioles. Allen is 3-1 on the season in six starts this season with an ERA of 3.31. He has two quality starts this season and has a K/9 rate of 9.1 and a WHIP of 1.44. On the road, Allen is 0-1 in two starts with an ERA of 2.31 thus far and has allowed 11 hits in 10.2 innings of work. Allen has a hard-hit percentage of 44.7% thus far and a strikeout percentage of 22%.
Key Injuries: Starting pitchers Triston Mackenzie and Aaron Civale are out.