Texas Rangers (65-86) vs Cleveland Guardians (85-67)
Sunday, September 25, 2022 at 2:35 pm
Aaron Civale to start for Cleveland. Civale in seventeen starts posts an ERA 5.29 and WHIP 1.29. The righthander is fanning 22.4% with 6.1% walks. Ground balls served at 40.8% with 1.13 home runs per nine innings. A FIP 3.85 indicates a drop in ERA if form holds. Cole Ragans the starter for the Rangers. Ragans starts in seven games with an ERA 5.40 plus WHIP 1.57. The lefthander strikes out 16.5% with 10.5% walks. Grounders 36.1% with 1.80 home runs per nine innings. Cleveland has won both games of this series after their 4-2 win. They have won nine of ten. Past ten games Rangers hitting .223 against righthanders and Guardians .340 against lefthanders. In this period Cleveland bullpen an ERA 2.88. Guardians 14-2 facing a bad team with a .380 to .460 win percentage the second half of this season. Texas 8-18 at home against a team allowing 4.4 runs or fewer the second half of this season. Play Cleveland -134