On Sunday, the Cleveland Guardians (64-64) are visiting the Texas Rangers (65-66), at 2:35 p.m. ET. The Guardians have dropped four straight.
The Guardians (+110 underdog on the moneyline) are away versus the Rangers (-131). The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the Texas Rangers looking to Merrill Kelly (9-7), and Gavin Williams (8-4) answering the bell for the Cleveland Guardians.
Jack Leiter (7.0 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 10 K) picked up the win in the Rangers’ 10-0 victory over the Guardians yesterday. Josh Jung led the way offensively, going 2 for 3 with a home run and two RBIs. Logan Allen (5.0 IP, 9 R, 8 H, 2 K) took the loss for the Guardians.
Get ready for the Rangers vs. Guardians with what you need to know before Sunday’s baseball action, including viewing options.
Texas Rangers vs. Cleveland Guardians odds, line and spread
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Sunday at 12:16 a.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
Favorite: Rangers (-131, bet $131 to win $100)Underdog: Guardians (+110, bet $100 to win $110)Over/under: 8Rangers vs. Guardians: Game time and live stream infoGame day: Sunday, August 24, 2025Game time: 2:35 p.m. ETLocation: Arlington, TexasStadium: Globe Life FieldTV channel: RSN and CLEGLive stream: Watch LIVE with Fubo! (Regional restrictions may apply)
Watch Rangers vs. Guardians on Fubo!
Rangers stats and trendsRangers betting recordsThis season, the Rangers have been favored 65 times and won 41, or 63.1%, of those games.This season Texas has won 28 of its 42 games, or 66.7%, when favored by at least -131 on the moneyline.Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rangers have a 56.7% chance to win.Texas and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 57 of 131 opportunities.The Rangers are 69-62-0 ATS in their 131 games with a spread this season.Merrill Kelly (Rangers probable starter)The Rangers are sending Kelly (9-7) to the mound to make his 27th start of the season as he looks for his 10th victory. He is 9-7 with a 3.35 ERA and 139 strikeouts in 150 2/3 innings pitched.His most recent time out was on Tuesday against the Kansas City Royals, when the righty threw six innings, surrendering two earned runs while giving up two hits.In 26 games this season, the 36-year-old has put up an ERA of 3.35, with 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .208 against him.Kelly is trying to notch his third straight quality start in this outing.Kelly is aiming for his third straight appearance lasting five or more innings. He averages 5.8 frames per appearance on the mound.He has held his opponents without an earned run in three of his 26 appearances this season.He meets a Guardians offense that ranks 27th in the league with 501 runs while batting .225 as a unit. It has a collective .371 slugging percentage (29th in MLB action) and has hit a total of 132 home runs (21st in MLB).The 36-year-old’s 3.35 ERA ranks 23rd, 1.062 WHIP ranks 10th, and 8.3 K/9 ranks 31st among qualifying pitchers this season.Rangers batting statsThe Rangers’ 140 home runs rank 18th in Major League Baseball.Hitters for Texas have combined to rank 26th in the majors with a .381 team slugging percentage.The Rangers’ .234 batting average ranks 25th in the league this season.Texas has scored the 23rd-most runs in the majors this season with 541 (4.1 per game).The Rangers have an OBP of just .303 this season, which ranks 27th in MLB.Texas ranks 14th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.2 whiffs per contest.Guardians stats and trendsGuardians betting recordsThe Guardians have been underdogs in 70 games this season and have come away with the win 30 times (42.9%) in those contests.This season, Cleveland has been victorious 15 times in 40 chances when named as an underdog of at least +110 or longer on the moneyline.The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Guardians have a 47.6% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.Contests with Cleveland has gone over the total set by bookmakers in 56 of 126 chances this season.In 126 games with a line this season, the Guardians have a mark of 63-63-0 against the spread.Gavin Williams (Guardians probable starter)Williams (8-4) gets the starting nod for the Guardians in his 26th start of the season. He’s put together a 3.24 ERA in 133 1/3 innings pitched, with 132 strikeouts.In his most recent time out on Tuesday, the right-hander tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks while surrendering four hits.In 25 games this season, the 26-year-old has put up an ERA of 3.24, with 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .215 against him.Williams is trying to secure his 11th quality start of the season in this matchup.Williams has pitched five or more innings in a game 19 times this year entering this game.In six of his 25 total appearances this season he has not given up an earned run.He will face a Rangers team that is hitting .234 as a unit (25th in the MLB). They are also slugging a collective .381 (26th in the league) with 140 total home runs (18th in MLB action).Among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season, the 26-year-old ranks 20th in ERA (3.24), 38th in WHIP (1.298), and 24th in K/9 (8.9).Guardians batting statsThe Guardians are 21st in baseball with 132 home runs. They average one per game.This season, Cleveland has the second-lowest slugging percentage in the majors (.371).The Guardians have the worst batting average in the majors (.225).The offense for Cleveland is No. 27 in MLB play scoring 3.9 runs per game (501 total runs).The Guardians are 29th in baseball with a .297 on-base percentage.