Giants look to stop road skid, take on the Guardians

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San Francisco Giants (51-74, fourth in the NL West) vs. Cleveland Guardians (61-65, third in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Wednesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Matt Wilkinson (0-0); Guardians: Parker Messick (9-7, 2.59 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 142 strikeouts)

LINE: Guardians -187, Giants +154; over/under is 7 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants will attempt to end a three-game road slide when they play the Cleveland Guardians.

Cleveland has gone 30-33 in home games and 61-65 overall. Guardians pitchers have a collective 3.83 ERA, which ranks seventh in MLB play.

San Francisco is 51-74 overall and 22-41 on the road. Giants hitters have a collective .407 slugging percentage to rank 10th in MLB.

The matchup Wednesday is the second time these teams meet this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chase DeLauter has 22 doubles, a triple and 13 home runs for the Guardians. Jo Adell is 8 for 35 with three doubles, three home runs and 11 RBIs over the past 10 games.

Jung Hoo Lee has 26 doubles, four triples, nine home runs and 46 RBIs for the Giants. Bryce Eldridge is 8 for 37 with a double, three home runs and five RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 4-6, .249 batting average, 3.87 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs

Giants: 3-7, .210 batting average, 4.35 ERA, outscored by 18 runs

INJURIES: Guardians: Chase DeLauter: day-to-day (hamstring), Shawn Armstrong: 60-Day IL (leg), Slade Cecconi: 15-Day IL (arm)

Giants: Willy Adames: day-to-day (back), Jesus Rodriguez: 10-Day IL (elbow), Harrison Bader: 10-Day IL (plantar fasciitis), Trevor McDonald: 60-Day IL (elbow), Matt Chapman: 60-Day IL (leg), Joel Peguero: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Daniel Susac: 10-Day IL (knee), Marcelo Mayer: 10-Day IL (forearm), Casey Schmitt: 10-Day IL (leg), Matt Gage: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jose Butto: 60-Day IL (arm), Hayden Birdsong: 60-Day IL (forearm), Randy Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Rowan Wick: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.