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Chicago Cubs (59-62, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians (71-49, first in the AL Central)
Cleveland; Wednesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Jameson Taillon (8-6, 3.50 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 90 strikeouts); Guardians: Alex Cobb (0-1, 7.71 ERA, 2.14 WHIP, one strikeout)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Guardians -132, Cubs +111; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians face the Chicago Cubs looking to sweep their three-game series.
Cleveland is 71-49 overall and 37-20 at home. Guardians hitters have a collective .400 slugging percentage to rank seventh in the AL.
Chicago has gone 27-35 in road games and 59-62 overall. The Cubs have the best team ERA in the NL at 3.73.
Wednesday’s game is the third time these teams match up this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Ramirez has 27 doubles, a triple and 31 home runs for the Guardians. Andres Gimenez is 11-for-36 with two doubles over the last 10 games.
Cody Bellinger has a .276 batting average to lead the Cubs, and has 16 doubles, a triple and 12 home runs. Nico Hoerner is 12-for-41 with a home run and two RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 4-6, .230 batting average, 4.96 ERA, outscored by 11 runs
Cubs: 6-4, .259 batting average, 3.07 ERA, outscored opponents by 14 runs
INJURIES: Guardians: Carlos Carrasco: 15-Day IL (hip), Sam Hentges: 15-Day IL (undisclosed), Shane Bieber: 60-Day IL (elbow), Trevor Stephan: 60-Day IL (elbow), James Karinchak: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
Cubs: Tomas Nido: 10-Day IL (knee), Ben Brown: 60-Day IL (neck), Luke Little: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Hayden Wesneski: 15-Day IL (forearm), Jordan Wicks: 60-Day IL (oblique), Colten Brewer: 60-Day IL (hand), Yency Almonte: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Adbert Alzolay: 60-Day IL (forearm)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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