The Cleveland Guardians (2-4) hope to avoid their fourth straight defeat when they visit the Los Angeles Angels (4-2) Friday at 9:38 p.m. ET on FDSW and CLEG. The Guardians are listed as -120 favorites to snap their losing skid, while the Angels are +100 underdogs.
Cleveland’s Gavin Williams gets the start, and he’ll go against Los Angeles’ Jose Soriano.
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This is the first game this season the Guardians are playing as the moneyline favorite.
Cleveland has never played a game this season with moneyline odds of -120 or shorter.
The Angels have been underdogs in three games this season and won two (66.7%) of those contests.
Los Angeles has a record of 2-1 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +100 on the moneyline.
The Guardians have played in six games with a set over/under, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total three times (3-3-0).
The Angels and their opponents have hit the over in four of their six games with a total this season.
Guardians Stats & Insights
The Guardians rank 23rd in runs scored with 20, 3.3 per game.
Cleveland averages 1.2 home runs per game to rank 12th in baseball with seven total home runs.
The Guardians have the 14th-ranked batting average in the majors (.227).
Cleveland’s 8.2 strikeouts per game rank 12th in baseball.
The pitching staff for the Guardians has a collective 5.6 K/9, the worst in MLB.
Cleveland has the 19th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.41).
Angels Stats & Insights
The Angels rank 15th in the majors with 24 total runs scored this season.
Los Angeles has hit four homers this season, which ranks 24th in the majors.
The Angels’ .198 batting average ranks 23rd in the league this season.
Los Angeles ranks 13th with an average of 8.3 strikeouts per game.
The Angels have a 7.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 24th in the majors.
Los Angeles pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.58 ERA this year, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
Guardians Key Players to Watch
Williams (0-0) makes the start for the Guardians, his second of the season.
Kyle Manzardo leads Cleveland in home runs with two and runs batted in with seven.
Steven Kwan is batting .348 to lead Cleveland this season.
Carlos Santana has collected six base hits, an OBP of .308 and a slugging percentage of .348 this season.
Jose Ramirez has collected five hits this season and has an OBP of .350. He’s slugging .588 on the year.
Angels Key Players to Watch
The Angels will send Soriano to the mound for his second start of the season.
Kyren Paris is batting .444 with a triple, a home run and two walks.
Nolan Schanuel has a club-high .292 batting average.
Mike Trout has racked up a team-high five RBI.
Logan O’Hoppe has shown his power as he paces his team with two home runs and five runs batted in.
Guardians and Angels Injuries
Guardians: Shane Bieber: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Erik Sabrowski: 15 Day IL (Elbow), John Means: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Stephan: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Slade Cecconi: 15 Day IL (Oblique), David Fry: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Sam Hentges: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
Angels: Zachary Neto: 10 Day IL (Shoulder), Sam Bachman: 15 Day IL (Undisclosed ), Anthony Rendon: 60 Day IL (Hip), Robert William Stephenson: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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