Cleveland Guardians (86-67) vs Tampa Bay Rays (84-69)
Game Info: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 6:10 pm (Progressive Field)
Shane Bieber (12-8) (2.81) vs Corey Kluber (10-9) (4.30)
Betting Odds: Cleveland Guardians -145 / Tampa Bay Rays +120 --- Over/Under: 7 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Tampa Bay Rays will play the Cleveland Guardians in Game 1 of their series at Progressive Field on Tuesday night.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 84-69 this season and have lost five of their last seven games. Tampa Bay is coming off of a series split against Toronto, where they won two games and lost two games in the series. The Tampa Bay pitching staff has a 3.40 ERA, a 1.14 WHIP, and a .231 opponent batting average this season. The Rays offense has scored 643 runs with a .242 batting average and a .311 on base percentage. Randy Arozarena is batting .273 with 20 home runs and 88 RBI’s for the Rays this season. The projected starter for Tampa Bay is Corey Kluber, who is 10-9 with a 4.30 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP over 155 innings pitched this season.
The Cleveland Guardians are 86-67 this season and have won seven games in a row. Cleveland is coming off of a series win against Texas, where they won all three games played in the series. The Cleveland pitching staff has a 3.52 ERA, a 1.17 WHIP, and a .232 opponent batting average. The Guardians offense has scored 659 runs with a .253 batting average and a .315 on base percentage this year. Jose Ramirez is batting .275 with 28 home runs and 117 RBI’s for the Guardians this season. The projected starter for Cleveland is Shane Bieber, who is 12-8 with a 2.81 ERA and a 1.03 WHIP over 189 innings pitched this season.
Tampa Bay is 2-5 in their last 7 games and 4-1 in their last 5 games against the AL Central. The under is 5-1 in Tampa Bay’s last 6 game one’s of a series. Cleveland is 5-0 in their last 5 Tuesday games and 18-3 in their last 21 games. The under is 5-1-1 in Cleveland’s last 7 Tuesday games. Tampa Bay is 17-5 in these two teams last 22 head to head meetings.
Cleveland has clinched the AL Central title, while Tampa Bay continues to fight for a wild card spot. Tampa Bay is starting Corey Kluber, who has allowed 11 runs over his last 13.1 innings pitched and has struggled on the road. Cleveland is starting Shane Bieber, who has allowed two runs or fewer in four straight starts. I like Cleveland in this game.