The Texas Rangers and the Cleveland Guardians meet Sunday in MLB action from Progressive Field. Here’s a Cleveland Guardians vs Texas Rangers prediction. This will be the final 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. Texas lost 4-0 in the middle game of that series but otherwise won the remaining pair. After a 5-3 win over the Guardians on Friday, in game two the Rangers fell in a 13-5 blowout.
For the starter role Sunday the Rangers are going with Cody Bradford. This year Bradford is 4-1 with a 3.56 ERA in eight games (seven starts). Bradford is 8-4 with a 4.55 ERA in 28 career games (15 starts).
Cleveland Guardians Betting Preview
Over on the Guardians’ side, they played the New York Yankees in their last set. Cleveland won 9-5 in the opener but then dropped the next pair. On Saturday the Guardians bagged 15 hits to the Rangers’ nine in the win.
It’ll be Matthew Boyd in the starter role for the Guardians Sunday. So far Boyd has a 3.38 ERA in two starts. Over his career Boyd is 44-67 with a 4.92 ERA.
Cleveland Guardians Player Prop Facts
- Will Brennan has recorded a Double in each of the Guardians’ last three games against AL West opponents at Progressive Field.
- Andres Gimenez has scored at least one run in 11 of his last 12 appearances in day games against AL West teams that held a losing record.
- Josh Naylor has recorded at least one RBI in five of the Guardians’ last six games as favorites against AL opponents.
- Andres Gimenez has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 15 appearances in day games against AL West teams that held a losing record.
- Andres Gimenez has recorded at least one Single in each of the Guardians’ last six games as favorites.
- Matthew Boyd has recorded six or more strikeouts in each of his last five appearances at Progressive Field against opponents that held a losing record.
- Jose Ramirez has hit at least one home run in three of the Guardians’ last four games against AL opponents that held a losing record.
- Andres Gimenez has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 15 appearances in day games against AL West teams that held a losing record.
Texas Rangers Player Prop Facts
- Corey Seager has hit at least one home run in five of his last 14 appearances after playing the previous day.
- Leody Taveras has recorded at least one total base in 17 of his last 18 road appearances against AL Central opponents.
- Marcus Semien has scored at least one run in nine of the Rangers’ last 10 games against AL Central opponents.
- Leody Taveras has recorded at least one hit in 17 of his last 18 road appearances against AL Central opponents.
- Josh Jung has recorded at least one Single in each of the Rangers’ last five day games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Adolis Garcia has recorded at least one RBI in four of the Rangers’ last five games as underdogs against AL opponents.
Cleveland Guardians vs Texas Rangers Prediction
I’ll try the Rangers here. I could go either way though. Bradford is a tepid 1-1 in his last three starts but he hasn’t been pitching too badly. Over that trio Bradford has six earned in a total of 18.0 innings. As for Boyd, he’s coming off three earned in 5.1 innings against the Yankees.
On Saturday the Rangers didn’t have too bad of an offensive evening, but it hardly mattered after an 8-1 deficit by the third inning. Texas had a pretty rough pitching outing across the board, and it’s going to take a lot better than that to dig out a win Sunday.