Cleveland Guardians (53-50) vs Arizona Diamondbacks (46-57)
Game Info: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 1:10 pm (Progressive Field)
Shane Bieber (5-6) (3.49) vs Tommy Henry (0-0) (0.00)
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The Arizona Diamondbacks will play the Cleveland Guardians in Game 3 of their series at Progressive Field on Wednesday afternoon.
The Arizona Diamondbacks are 46-57 this season and have lost four of their last five games. Arizona won Game 2 of this series by a score of 6-3 on Tuesday night. The Arizona pitching staff has a 4.16 ERA, a 1.29 WHIP, and a .248 opponent batting average this season. The Diamondbacks offense has scored 437 runs with a .225 batting average and a .304 on base percentage. Christian Walker is batting .203 with 25 home runs and 58 RBI’s for the Diamondbacks this season. The projected starter for Arizona is Tommy Henry, who will be making his first appearance for Arizona this season.
The Cleveland Guardians are 53-50 this season and have won two of their last three games. Cleveland won Game 1 of this series by a score of 6-5 on Monday night. The Cleveland pitching staff has a 3.89 ERA, a 1.23 WHIP, and a .240 opponent batting average. The Guardians offense has scored 453 runs with a .252 batting average and a .315 on base percentage this year. Jose Ramirez is batting .284 with 21 home runs and 85 RBI’s for the Guardians this season. The projected starter for Cleveland is Shane Bieber, who is 5-6 with a 3.41 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP over 118.2 innings pitched this season.
Cleveland has closed the gap in the AL Central to just one game and is pressing the Twins for first place. Arizona has struggled over the past few months and is currently in fourth place in the NL West. Cleveland will start Shane Bieber in this game, who has allowed eight earned runs in his last 22 innings pitched. Bieber has allowed one run in two out of his last three starts, but allowed six runs in his other start during that period. For Arizona, Tommy Henry will be making his first appearance for them this season. This is a tough spot for Henry to make his first appearance with Cleveland at home and with so much to play for. I like Cleveland to win this game by two runs or more.