Cleveland Indians (49-49) vs St. Louis Cardinals (51-50)
Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 1:10 pm
At 1:10 pm, our selection is on the Cleveland Indians over the St. Louis Cardinals. With almost identical records, the Cards and Indians (soon to be the Guardians) battle it out in this inter-league series. The Cards took round one on Tuesday by a 4-2 final and now the second game of this series will be played under the sun in Cleveland in this matinee match-up. RHP Zach Plesac will get his 14th start of the season for the Tribe. Plesac likely isn't all that satisfied with his numbers to date -- 5-3 with a 4.30 ERA in 13 starts covering 75 1/3 innings -- but there is plenty of time for the 26-year-old to turn things around. Plesac's career daytime ERA (3.42) is better than his nighttime number. And this season that bias is much more exaggerated. In nine nighttime starts covering 54 innings, Plesac has a 4.83 ERA however in four daytime outings covering 21 1/3 innings, that number is reduced almost two runs to 2.95. And in his only other inter-league start in 2021, Plesac threw eight near-perfect innings (three hits) vs. the Reds on May 7. Take Cleveland.