Cincinnati Reds vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction: This contest will be highly tough

This Wednesday's Major League Baseball action from Great American Ball Park features the Cleveland Guardians taking on the Cincinnati Reds. The Cleveland Guardians have recently completed a matchup against the Tampa Bay Rays. In the end, the Cleveland Guardians were victorious in only two of the three games in that series. Concerning the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Cincinnati Reds competed against them during the weekend and emerged victorious in two of the three games.

On Friday, the Cincinnati Reds were successful in defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of 9-2, but they were defeated by a score of 4-2 in the opening game of the doubleheader on Sunday. The Cincinnati Reds were able to secure the series victory with a nail-biting 6-5 victory in game two of the series. In the win, Elly De La Cruz contributed with a home run, and Stuart Fairchild and Luke Maile both drove in two runs with two RBI each. Graham Ashcraft of Cincinnati will take the field as the opening pitcher on Wednesday. This year, Ashcraft has made 22 starts and has a record of 6-7 with a 4.95 ERA and 88 strikeouts in 120.0 innings pitched. In his last seven starts, Ashcraft has compiled a record of 3-1 with a 2.03 earned run average and 29 strikeouts across 44.1 innings pitched.

The first two games of the weekend series between the Cleveland Guardians and the Tampa Bay Rays were both decided by a score of 9-8 in favor of the Rays on Friday and 6-5 in favor of the Rays on Saturday. The Cleveland Guardians were successful in avoiding a clean sweep thanks to a 9-2 victory in the last match of the series. Andres Giminez (two runs driven in, four hits) and Gabriel Arias (two runs driven in) each contributed a home run to the winning cause. On Wednesday, the Cleveland Guardians will go with Logan Allen as their starting player in the role that requires a starter. Allen has a record of 5-5 after 17 starts, with a 3.55 earned run average, 88 strikeouts, and 91.1 innings pitched. In his previous seven starts, Allen has posted a record of 2-3 with a 2.95 earned run average. He has allowed a total of 12 earned runs across 36.2 innings.

I'm going to have to go with the Cleveland Guardians in this one. However, this should turn out to be a really enjoyable first matchup. Allen had a bad start to end the month of July against the Chicago White Sox (five earned runs in 6.0 innings), but he has been far better in his previous two games overall. Allen has a record of 1-1 in those two games, with 11.0 innings pitched and three runs scored. As for Ashcraft, his recent pitching performance has been solid, as seen by the fact that he has allowed just four earned runs in 21.0 innings in his last three starts. The Cleveland Guardians scored well in the series against the Tampa Bay Rays, with a total of 22 runs scored across the three games, and I believe that the offense will continue to move forward in this game's start as well.