Cleveland Guardians (9-9) at Pittsburgh Pirates (8-12)
Game 1:
Date: Friday, April 18th
Time: 6:40 PM EDT
Broadcast: Guardians.TV/SportsNet-PIT
Game 2:
Date: Saturday, April 19th
Time: 4:05 PM
Broadcast: Guardians.TV/SportsNet-PIT
Game 3:
Date: Sunday, April 20th
Time: 1:35 PM
Broadcast: Guardians.TV/SportsNet-PIT
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Probable Starting Pitchers
Game 1: Luis Ortiz (1-2, 6.06 ERA) vs. Carmen Mlodzinski (1-2, 6.23 ERA)
Ortiz will start the first game for the Guardians. He won his last start against against the Royals. Ortiz pitched 5.2 innings allowing one hit, one run, two walks, and striking out 10. Mlodzinski will get the start for the Pirates. He lost to the Reds in his last start. He only pitched 4.1 innings allowing five hits, four runs, two walks, and struck out four.
Game 2: Ben Lively (0-2, 4.87 ERA) vs. Paul Skenes (2-1, 2.96 ERA)
Lively will start game two of the series for the Guardians. He lost his last start against the Royals. Lively pitched six innings allowing seven hits, four runs, one home run, two walks, and striking out five. Skenes will get the ball in game two for the Pirates. Skenes beat the Nationals last time out. He pitched six innings allowing three hits, one earned run, and struck out six.
Game 3: Logan Allen (1-1, 2.30 ERA) vs. Mitch Keller (1-2, 4.30 ERA)
Allen will start in the series finale for the Guardians. He beat the Orioles in his last start. He pitched 5.2 innings allowing two hits, two walks, and struck out six. Keller will draw the start for the Pirates. He lost his last start against the Nationals. He pitched six innings allowing six hits, three runs, one home run, two walks, and striking out three.
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Player To Watch:
Cleveland Guardians
Jose Ramirez enters this series with a .250 batting average and a .814 OPS. He has six runs, 15 hits, three doubles, four home runs, eight RBI, and one steal. In three games against the Pirates last year Ramirez had a .308 batting average. He had four hits, one home run, a RBI, and four runs scored.
Pittsburgh Pirates
Oneil Cruz has a .228 batting average and a .826 OPS to start the year. He leads the Pirates in home runs with four and in RBIs with 10. He has nine runs, two doubles, and nine steals. In four games last year against the Guardians he had a .308 batting average with four hits, three RBI, and a run scored.
Next Up:
Cleveland: April 21st-April 23rd vs New York Yankees
Pittsburgh: April 22nd-April 24th at Los Angeles Angels
