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Led by Jose Ramirez (two-game homer streak), the Cleveland Guardians (35-17) are favorites versus the Los Angeles Angels (20-32) Sunday at 4:07 PM ET. Oddsmakers have named the Guardians as -150 favorites for the game, which airs on BSW.
Cleveland’s Ben Lively gets the start, and he’ll go against Los Angeles’ Reid Detmers.
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The Guardians have won 23 of the 32 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (71.9%).
Cleveland has gone 8-4 (winning 66.7% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -150 or shorter.
The Angels have been underdogs in 47 games this season and won 19 (40.4%) of those contests.
Los Angeles has a record of 9-7 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +127 on the moneyline.
The Guardians have had an over/under set by bookmakers 52 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 25 of those games (25-24-3).
The Angels and their opponents have gone over the total this season in 29 of their 52 opportunities.
Guardians Stats & Insights
The Guardians are the fifth-highest scoring team in baseball, averaging five runs per game (258 total).
Cleveland averages 1.1 home runs per game to rank ninth in MLB action with 59 total home runs.
The Guardians have the 16th-ranked batting average in the majors (.237).
Cleveland strikes out 7.5 times per game to rank fourth in MLB.
The pitching staff for the Guardians has a collective 9.1 K/9, the third-best in the majors.
Cleveland has the fourth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.29).
Angels Stats & Insights
The Angels have scored the 15th-most runs in the league this season with 226 (4.3 per game).
Los Angeles ranks fifth in Major League Baseball with 63 home runs.
The Angels have a team batting average of .244 this season, which ranks 11th among MLB teams.
Los Angeles ranks 21st with an average of 8.8 strikeouts per game.
The Angels have an 8.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in the big leagues.
Los Angeles has pitched to a 4.64 ERA this season, which ranks 27th in baseball.
Guardians Key Players to Watch
Lively makes the start for the Guardians, his eighth of the season. He is 3-2 with a 2.84 ERA and 38 strikeouts through 38 2/3 innings pitched.
Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs with 15, runs batted in with 51 and his batting average of .267 is also best on his team.
Josh Naylor has 43 hits and an OBP of .330 to go with a slugging percentage of .506 this season.
Andres Gimenez is slashing .266/.327/.380 this season for the Guardians.
David Fry has collected 31 hits this season and has an OBP of .500. He’s slugging .628 on the year.
Angels Key Players to Watch
The Angels’ Detmers (3-4) will make his 11th start of the season.
Taylor Ward paces the Angels with 11 home runs and 32 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-high batting average of .271.
Luis Rengifo has nine doubles, a triple, four home runs and nine walks while hitting .328.
Jo Adell is batting .227 with four doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 10 walks.
Zachary Neto has 12 doubles, six home runs and 12 walks while hitting .254.
Guardians and Angels Injuries
Guardians: Steven Kwan: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Eli Morgan: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Carlos Carrasco: 15 Day IL (Neck), James Karinchak: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Angel Martinez: 60 Day IL (Foot), Shane Bieber: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Stephan: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Gavin Williams: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Angels: Ehire Adrianza: 10 Day IL (Back), Miguel Sanó: 10 Day IL (Knee), Luis Rengifo: 10 Day IL (Viral infection), Brandon Drury: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Mike Trout: 10 Day IL (Meniscus), José Cisnero: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Kelvin Caceres: 60 Day IL (Lat), Chase Silseth: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Sam Bachman: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Anthony Rendon: 60 Day IL (Hamstring), Robert William Stephenson: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Michael Stefanic: 60 Day IL (Quadricep), José Quijada: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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