Guardians visit the Yankees to open 3-game series

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Cleveland Guardians (34-27, first in the AL Central) vs. New York Yankees (36-23, second in the AL East)

New York; Tuesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Guardians: Joey Cantillo (4-2, 3.57 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 52 strikeouts); Yankees: Cam Schlittler (7-2, 1.50 ERA, 0.85 WHIP, 81 strikeouts)

LINE: Yankees -229, Guardians +188; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees host the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday to open a three-game series.

New York has a 17-9 record at home and a 36-23 record overall. The Yankees have gone 6-11 in games decided by one run.

Cleveland has a 34-27 record overall and a 17-13 record in road games. The Guardians have the seventh-best team ERA in the majors at 3.74.

The teams meet Tuesday for the first time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ben Rice has a .306 batting average to lead the Yankees, and has 14 doubles, two triples and 17 home runs. Trent Grisham is 14 for 37 with a home run and four RBIs over the last 10 games.

Jose Ramirez has eight home runs, 39 walks and 29 RBIs while hitting .228 for the Guardians. Brayan Rocchio is 11 for 32 with four doubles over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 6-4, .274 batting average, 2.43 ERA, outscored opponents by 28 runs

Guardians: 5-5, .235 batting average, 3.84 ERA, outscored by 20 runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (leg), Jasson Dominguez: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Max Fried: 15-Day IL (elbow), Angel Chivilli: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Guardians: Angel Martinez: day-to-day (foot), Gabriel Arias: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Erik Sabrowski: 15-Day IL (elbow)

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