The Texas Rangers and the Cleveland Guardians meet Saturday in MLB action from Progressive Field. Here’s a Cleveland Guardians vs Texas Rangers prediction. This will be the second installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Guardians vs Rangers pick.
Texas Rangers Betting Preview
In their last set the Rangers took on the Pittsburgh Pirates in their last series. Texas lost Tuesday but won the other pair. In their Friday opener versus the Guardians, Texas managed a 5-3 win. Nathan Eovaldi logged three earned in 6.0 innings as starter.
Starter for the Saturday game will be Texas’ Jon Gray. This year in 21 games (17 starts) Gray is 5-4 with a 3.75 ERA. In 226 career games (221 starts) Gray is 74-68 with a 4.40 ERA.
Cleveland Guardians Betting Preview
Over on the Guardians’ side, they played the New York Yankees this week. Cleveland won Tuesday 9-5 then fell in the other pair by a combined 14-1 score. On Friday the Guardians were out-hit 10-7. Starter Tanner Bibee logged 5.2 innings and four earned runs.
It’ll be Ben Lively in the start for the Guardians on Saturday. This year Lively is 10-8 with a 3.68 ERA in 22 starts. Lively is 18-25 with a 4.55 ERA in 67 games (54 starts) over his career.
Total Runs Facts
- Nine of the Rangers’ last 10 road games after playing the previous day have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Eight of the Guardians’ last nine night games against American League opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the last 11 night games between the Rangers and Guardians.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Rangers’ last six games at Progressive Field.
Cleveland Guardians Player Prop Facts
- Josh Naylor has recorded at least one hit in 11 of his last 12 home appearances against AL West opponents.
- Jose Ramirez has scored at least one run in six of the Guardians’ last seven games against AL West opponents.
- Jose Ramirez has recorded two or more total bases in eight of his last 10 home appearances against the Rangers after playing the previous day.
- Jose Ramirez has hit at least one home run in three of the Guardians’ last five games against AL West opponents that held a losing record.
- Josh Naylor has recorded at least one RBI in four of the Guardians’ last five games as favorites against AL opponents.
- Andres Gimenez has recorded at least one Single in eight of his last nine appearances with the Guardians as favorites.
Texas Rangers Player Prop Facts
- Carson Kelly has recorded at least one Single in each of his six previous road appearances against opponents that held a winning record.
- Marcus Semien has scored at least one run in eight of the Rangers’ last nine games against AL Central opponents.
- Corey Seager has recorded at least one hit in each of the Rangers’ last nine road games against AL Central opponents.
- Adolis Garcia has hit a home run in two of the Rangers’ last three games against the Guardians.
- Corey Seager has recorded at least one total base in each of the Rangers’ last nine road games against AL Central opponents.
- Jon Gray has recorded four or more strikeouts in 10 of his 11 previous road appearances against AL opponents that held a winning record.
- Jon Gray has recorded a win in each of his last three appearances against AL Central opponents.
- Adolis Garcia has recorded at least one RBI in seven of his last eight appearances against the Guardians.
Cleveland Guardians vs Texas Rangers Prediction
I’ll lean toward the Guardians. Probably not touching it, though. Lively hasn’t been terrible in his last three starts, but he’s sporting a rough 0-2 record in that time. Lively has notched nine earned runs over a span of 14.2 innings during that trio. As for Gray, he’s coming off 2.0 frames and one earned versus the Pirates in his return to the mound.
On Friday the Guardians gave up four runs in the second and couldn’t make the comeback. After Bibee and Cade Smith gave up the earned runs the bullpen was great, though. If Cleveland can avoid the big innings Saturday they’ll be fine.