Guardians and Padres face off in decisive game

San Diego Padres (51-50, third in the NL West) vs. Cleveland Guardians (59-38, first in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Sunday, 1:40 p.m. EDT

LIKELY PITCHING VALUES: Padres: Michael King (7-6, 3.41 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 129 strikeouts); Guardians: Ben Lively (8-5, 3.58 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 78 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Guardians -112, Padres -107; Over/Under is 8 runs

Conclusion: Both the Cleveland Guardians and the San Diego Padres want to win the series with a victory on Sunday.

Cleveland has a 31-12 record at home and a 59-38 record overall. The Guardians rank eighth in the AL with 109 total home runs and an average of 1.1 per game.

San Diego has a 51-50 overall record and a 25-22 road record. The Padres’ batters have a combined batting average of .406, ranking sixth in the NL.

Sunday’s game will be the third meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Ramirez leads the Guardians with 23 home runs and a .513 slugging average. Steven Kwan has hit 10 of 39 home runs and a double in the last 10 games.

Jake Cronenworth leads the Padres with 14 home runs and a .438 slugging average. Donovan Solano has hit 13 of 38 home runs, four doubles and two RBIs in the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 4-6, .213 batting average, 3.56 ERA, 11 runs batted in

Padres: 3-7, .244 batting average, 5.10 ERA, 19 runs less

INJURIES: Guardians: Sam Hentges: 15-day IL (unknown), Matthew Boyd: 15-day IL (elbow), Shane Bieber: 60-day IL (elbow), Trevor Stephan: 60-day IL (elbow), James Karinchak: 60-day IL (shoulder)

Padres: Wandy Peralta: 15-day IL (adductor), Joe Musgrove: 60-day IL (elbow), Tom Cosgrove: 15-day IL (elbow), Fernando Tatis Jr.: 10-day IL (quadriceps ), Luis Patino: 60-day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press produced this article using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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