The ALCS resumes Thursday at 5:08 p.m. ET when the New York Yankees visit the Cleveland Guardians live on truTV from Progressive Field. The Yankees lead the series 2-0, and the Guardians hope to battle back with a win in Game 3. Bookmakers have installed the Guardians as -106 underdogs, while the Yankees are -111 favorites on the moneyline.
Clarke Schmidt starts for New York while Matthew Boyd is Cleveland’s starter for the contest.
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The Yankees have won 57.6% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (80-59).
When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -111 or shorter, New York has an 80-59 record (winning 57.6% of its games).
The Guardians have entered the game as underdogs 64 times this season and won 29, or 45.3%, of those games.
Cleveland has entered 59 games this season as the underdog by -106 or more and is 26-33 in those contests.
The Yankees have played in 168 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 88 times (88-75-5).
So far this season, the Guardians and their opponents have hit the over in 71 of their 168 games with a total.
Yankees Stats & Insights
The Yankees have the No. 3 offense in MLB play scoring five runs per game (815 total runs).
The New York Yankees have hit an MLB-leading 237 home runs, averaging 1.5 per game.
The Yankees have the eighth-best batting average in the league (.248).
New York strikes out 8.2 times per game to rank 11th in the majors.
The pitching staff for the Yankees has a collective nine K/9, the sixth-best in the majors.
New York’s 3.75 team ERA ranks seventh across all MLB pitching staffs.
Guardians Stats & Insights
The Guardians have scored 708 runs (4.4 per game) this season, which ranks 14th in MLB.
Cleveland’s 185 home runs rank 12th in Major League Baseball.
The Guardians have a team batting average of .238 this season, which ranks 21st among MLB teams.
Cleveland is one of the best teams in baseball at making contact this season, ranking fourth with an average of 7.4 strikeouts per game.
The Guardians strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-best in MLB.
Cleveland has the third-best ERA (3.61) in the majors this season.
Yankees Key Players to Watch
Schmidt makes the start for the Yankees, his 17th of the season. He is 5-5 with a 2.85 ERA and 93 strikeouts in 85 1/3 innings pitched.
Aaron Judge leads New York in batting average (.322), home runs (58) and runs batted in (144) this season.
Juan Soto has 166 hits and an OBP of .419 to go with a slugging percentage of .569 this season.
Jazz Chisholm is slashing .256/.324/.436 this season for the Yankees.
Gleyber Torres has 151 hits and an OBP of .330 to go with a slugging percentage of .378 this season.
Guardians Key Players to Watch
The Guardians will send Boyd (2-2) to the mound for his ninth start this season.
Jose Ramirez has accumulated a team-best 39 home runs and 118 runs batted in.
Josh Naylor is batting .243 with 27 doubles, 31 home runs and 58 walks.
Steven Kwan leads the Guardians with a team-high batting average of .292.
Andres Gimenez is hitting .252 with 22 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 26 walks.
Yankees and Guardians Injuries
Yankees: DJ LeMahieu: 10 Day IL (Hip), Nestor Cortes Jr.: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Lou Trivino: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60 Day IL (Elbow), JT Brubaker: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Guardians: James Karinchak: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Sam Hentges: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Shane Bieber: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Stephan: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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