ALCS Game 1 Preview: New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Guardians 10/14

Series Preview: Cleveland Guardians at New York Yankees with Probable Pitchers 6/03-6/05

The Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees play game one of their best-of-seven series tonight in the ALCS.   

Cleveland Guardians (88-73) vs. New York Yankees (94-68)

Game 1:

Date: Monday, October 14
Time:
7:38 pm EST
Broadcast: 
TBS
Field:
Yankees Stadium, Bronx, NY
Line: 
Yankees -165 / O/U 7.5

Probable Starting Pitchers

Carlos Rodon (0-1, 9.81 ERA) vs. Alex Cobb (0-1, 6.00 ERA)

Rodon gets the ball, in his first postseason start he struggled going 3.2 innings giving up four runs on seven hits; he didn’t issue a walk and struck out seven. Rodon didn’t face the Guardians this season. Cobb goes for Cleveland he lost his first postseason start going three innings giving up two runs on three hits; he walked one and struck out two. Cobb didn’t face the Yankees this season.

Yankees vs. Guardians Postseason Leaders

Yankees:

AVG – Giancarlo Stanton – .375
HR – Gleybar Torres – 1
RBI – Giancarlo Stanton – 4
IP – Gerrit Cole – 12.0
ERA – Clay Holmes – 0.00
K – Gerrit Cole – 8

Guardians:

AVG – Steven Kwan – .524
HR – Lane Thomas – 2
RBI – Lane Thomas – 9
IP – Tanner Bibee – 8.2
ERA – Matthew Boyd – 0.00
K – Cade Smith – 12

Yankees vs. Guardians Postseason Numbers

Yankees

AVG: .220 (8)
OPS: .694 (4)
R: 14 (7)
HR: 3 (6)
ERA: 2.50 (2)
K: 34 (8)
WHIP: 1.08 (4)

Guardians

AVG: .234 (3)
OPS: .638 (7)
R: 19 (5)
HR: 4 (5)
ERA: 2.66 (4)
K: 58 (3)
WHIP: 1.20 (8)

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