The Tampa Bay Rays will play the Cleveland Guardians in Game 1 of their series at Progressive Field on Tuesday night.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 84-69 this season and have lost five of their last seven games. Tampa Bay is coming off of a series split against Toronto, where they won two games and lost two games in the series. The Tampa Bay pitching staff has a 3.40 ERA, a 1.14 WHIP, and a .231 opponent batting average this season. The Rays offense has scored 643 runs with a .242 batting average and a .311 on base percentage. Randy Arozarena is batting .273 with 20 home runs and 88 RBI’s for the Rays this season. The projected starter for Tampa Bay is Corey Kluber, who is 10-9 with a 4.30 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP over 155 innings pitched this season.
The Cleveland Guardians are 86-67 this season and have won seven games in a row. Cleveland is coming off of a series win against Texas, where they won all three games played in the series. The Cleveland pitching staff has a 3.52 ERA, a 1.17 WHIP, and a .232 opponent batting average. The Guardians offense has scored 659 runs with a .253 batting average and a .315 on base percentage this year. Jose Ramirez is batting .275 with 28 home runs and 117 RBI’s for the Guardians this season. The projected starter for Cleveland is Shane Bieber, who is 12-8 with a 2.81 ERA and a 1.03 WHIP over 189 innings pitched this season.
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