Guardians aim to avoid series sweep against the Astros
Houston Astros vs. Cleveland Guardians Cleveland; Sunday, 3:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Ryan Gusto ; Guardians: Nick Sandlin BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Guardians -186, Astros +154; over/under is 7 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros will look to sweep a three-game series with a victory over the Cleveland Guardians. TOP PERFORMERS: Josh Naylor has 27 doubles, 31 home runs and 108 RBI while hitting.243 for the Guardians. Yordan Alvarez leads the Astros with a.308 batting average, and has 34 doubles, two triples, 35 home runs, 69 walks and 86 RBI. LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 5-5,.231 batting average, 2.20 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs Astros: 6-4,.265 batting average, 4.25 ERA, outscored by two runs INJURIES: Guardians: Alex Cobb: 15-Day IL, Sam Hentges: 60-Day IL, Shane Bieber: 60-Day IL, Trevor Stephan: 60-Day IL, James Karinchak: 60-Day IL Astros: Yordan Alvarez: day-to-day, Ben Gamel: 10-Day IL, Chas McCormick: 10-Day IL, J.P. France: 60-Day IL, Cristian Javier: 60-Day IL, Jose Urquidy: 60-Day IL, Oliver Ortega: 60-Day IL, Bennett Sousa: 60-Day IL, Penn Murfee: 60-Day IL, Luis Garcia: 60-Day IL, Lance McCullers Jr.: 60-Day IL, Kendall Graveman: 60-Day IL ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.





























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