CLEVELAND, Ohio — This is a preview of the three-game series between the Guardians and Astros.
Where: Daiken Park, Monday through Wednesday.
TV/radio: CLEGuardians.TV, WTAM 1100, WMMS 100.7 FM and the Guardians radio network will carry the series.
Starting pitching matchups and starting times: RHP Tanner Bibee (4-9, 4.20) vs. LHP Colton Gordon (3-1, 4. 37) Monday at 8:10 p.m.; LHP Joey Cantillo (1-0, 3.41) vs. RHP Hunter Brown (9-3, 1.82) Tuesday at 8:10 p.m. and RHP Slade Cecconi (3-4, 3.56) vs. LHP Brandon Walter (1-1, 4.15) Wednesday at 8:10 p.m.
Series: The Astros are 2-1 against the Guardians this year. The Astros lead, 48-46, overall.
Guardians update (40-47): They lost their 10th straight game Sunday as the Tigers completed a three-game sweep at Progressive Field. Steven Kwan .571 (4 for 7) and Bo Naylor .429 (3 for 7) have hit the Astros well this year. Cade Smith owns Cleveland’s only win against them this year following a solid 6 1/3-inning start by Bibee on June 8.
Astros update (56-34): They completed a three-game sweep of the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Sunday. They have won nine of their last 11 games and 16 of their last 21. Former Cleveland farmhand Yainer Diaz is hitting .500 (4 for 8) with a homer against his old team this year, while Jake Meyers is hitting .545 (6 for 11). Gordon beat the Guardians on June 6, while Brown and Brandon pitched well against them in no-decision efforts.
Injuries
Guardians: OF Lane Thomas (plantar fasciitis), INF Gabriel Arias (left ankle), RHP Andrew Walters (right lat), OF Will Brennan (right elbow), RHP Ben Lively (right elbow), RHP Trevor Stephan (right elbow), RHP Shane Bieber (right elbow), LHP John Means (left elbow) and LHP Sam Hentges (left shoulder) are on the injured list.
Astros: SS Jeremy Pena (broken rib), OF Chas McCormick (left oblique), RHP Luis Garcia (right elbow), RHP Christian Javier (right elbow), RHP Christian Javier (right elbow), LF/DH Yordan Alvarez (right hand), INF Luis Guillorme (right hand), RHP Spencer Arrighetti (right thumb), RHP J.P. France (right shoulder), RHP Shawn Dubin (right forearm), 2B Brendan Rogers (left oblique), UT Zach Dezenzo (left hand), OF Jacob Melton (right ankle), RHP Rionel Blanco (right elbow) and OF Pedro Leon (left knee) are on the injured list.
Next: The Guardians open a four-game series against the White Sox on Thursday night at Rate Field.
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