The Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays will play Saturday at Tropicana Field. First pitch is at 4:10 p.m. ET.
Cleveland (56-60 SU and 58-58 RL) is starting right-hander Gavin Williams. The 24-year-old is 1-3 with a 2.90 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP in nine outings this year.
Tampa Bay (69-48 SU and 59-58 RL) is expected to counter with Tyler Glasnow. The 29-year-old is 5-3 with a 3.15 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP in 12 outings this season.
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Cleveland is four games under the .500 mark but just 3.5 games out of first place in the AL Central. Can it overtake Minnesota in the division standings?
The Guardians score 3.99 runs per game (27th) and hit .248 (18th) with a .689 OPS (26th). They've launched 84 long balls (30th) and stolen 95 bases (7th) in 2023. The Cleveland pitching staff has compiled a 3.77 ERA (3rd) and a 1.27 WHIP (13th) with 42 quality starts (12th).
One double's good, so how about two?
Brayan Rocchio rips it to the corner in right to tack on another run for the Guardians! #ForTheLand | @rocchio05 pic.twitter.com/T9MCUPzZ6Q
— Bally Sports Cleveland (@BallySportsCLE) August 10, 2023
Williams will take the hill for the Guardians on Saturday. The young righty held Toronto scoreless in seven innings of work in his last outing, giving up just one hit and fanning 12 batters. He has surrendered five runs combined in his last five outings (25.0 IP).