Cleveland Guardians vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction: Expect a close result

On Saturday, Major League Baseball action will take place at Progressive Field, featuring game two of a three-game set between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cleveland Guardians.

On Friday, the Cleveland Guardians were able to pick up a much-needed victory, which will hopefully help them gain some ground in their respective playoff races. The victory moved the Guardians' overall record to 65-70 for the year, which places them 5 games behind in the race for the American League Central and 10.5 games behind in the fight for the American League Wild Card. The Cleveland Guardians are led by Jose Ramirez, who has hit 21 home runs and driven in 71 runs, while Josh Naylor has a batting average of.306 and has driven in 79 runs. In addition to that, Ramirez has a.351 on-base percentage and a team-high 32 doubles, while Steven Kwan has a team-high 145 hits, in addition to 30 doubles and six triples. This game will be started for the Cleveland Guardians by Logan Allen, who has a record of 6-7, a 3.61 earned run average, and 102 strikeouts so far this season.

The Tampa Bay Rays had an opportunity to get off to a strong start in the series on Friday, but they were defeated by the Cleveland Guardians in the opening game by a score of 3-2. The defeat brought the Tampa Bay Rays' overall record to 82-53 for the year, which places them 1.5 games behind first place in the American League East race while maintaining first place in the race for the American League Wild Card. Isaac Paredes leads the Tampa Bay Rays with 27 home runs, while Jose Siri has 24. Paredes also has a team-high 84 RBIs, while Randy Arozarena has 77 RBIs so far this season. Paredes has also contributed a team-high 84 runs batted in. In addition, Yandy Diaz leads the team in hits with 144, has a batting average of.324, and has an on-base percentage of.400 so far this season. Zack Littell, who has a record of 3-4 on the season with a 4.45 earned run average and 51 strikeouts, will get the start for the Tampa Bay Rays in this game.

I'm going to continue betting on the under. Because the Rays are still much less productive away from home and the Guardians have had trouble with run production when facing right-handed pitchers, I just cannot put my faith in either of these teams' offensive capabilities at the time. Give me the under because I anticipate that this game will have a score total that is comparable to the one that occurred on Friday.