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Guardians bring 2-1 ALCS lead into Game 4 against Rays

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; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Nick Martinez (15-6, 3.10 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 109 strikeouts); Guardians: Shawn Armstrong (2-1, 4.58 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 34 strikeouts)

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Guardians bring 2-1 ALCS lead into Game 4 against Rays

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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; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Nick Martinez (15-6, 3.10 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 109 strikeouts); Guardians: Shawn Armstrong (2-1, 4.58 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 34 strikeouts)

LINE: Rays -122, Guardians -110; over/under is 6 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians take on the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday in Game 4 of the ALCS. The Guardians lead the series 2-1.

Cleveland is 85-77 overall and 41-40 in home games. The Guardians have gone 41-20 in games when they did not give up a home run.

Tampa Bay is 43-38 on the road and 98-64 overall. The Rays are 40-6 in games when they hit at least two home runs.

The teams play Saturday for the 10th time this season. The Rays are up 6-3 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chase DeLauter has 30 doubles, three triples and 16 home runs for the Guardians. Jose Ramirez is 12 for 39 with a double, a triple and two home runs over the last 10 games.

Junior Caminero has 42 home runs, 79 walks and 101 RBIs while hitting .276 for the Rays. Yandy Diaz is 13 for 42 with three doubles and four RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 6-4, .249 batting average, 2.86 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runs

Rays: 6-4, .229 batting average, 3.00 ERA, outscored opponents by nine runs

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

Rays: Jon Heasley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Edwin Uceta: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Gavin Lux: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Shane McClanahan: 15-Day IL (forearm), 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.

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