Tampa Bay Rays (98-64, first in the AL East during the regular season) vs. Cleveland Guardians (85-77, first in the AL Central during the regular season)

Cleveland; Thursday, 1 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Griffin Jax (8-10, 3.28 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 116 strikeouts); Guardians: Gavin Williams (14-8, 3.76 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 248 strikeouts)

LINE: Guardians -134, Rays +110; over/under is 6 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians play the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday in Game 3 of the ALCS. The series is tied 1-1.

Cleveland has an 85-77 record overall and a 41-40 record in home games. The Guardians have the fifth-ranked team ERA in the AL at 3.77.

Tampa Bay has a 98-64 record overall and a 43-38 record on the road. Rays hitters have a collective .326 on-base percentage, the best percentage in the AL.

The teams play Thursday for the ninth time this season. The Rays lead the season series 6-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Ramirez has 27 doubles and 12 home runs for the Guardians. Patrick Bailey is 9 for 27 with four home runs over the past 10 games.

Yandy Diaz has 26 doubles, a triple, 22 home runs and 85 RBIs while hitting .293 for the Rays. Jonny Deluca is 14 for 37 with two doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 6-4, .252 batting average, 3.58 ERA, outscored opponents by 18 runs

Rays: 6-4, .236 batting average, 3.62 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs

INJURIES: Guardians: Rhys Hoskins: 10-Day IL (back), Colin Holderman: 15-Day IL (wrist)

Rays: Shane McClanahan: 15-Day IL (forearm), Gavin Lux: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jon Heasley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Edwin Uceta: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jacob Melton: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Ryan Pepiot: 60-Day IL (hip)

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