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Houston Astros<\/a> (8-15, fifth in the AL West) vs. Cleveland Guardians<\/a> (13-10, first in the AL Central)<\/p>\n

Cleveland; Monday, 6:10 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Spencer Arrighetti<\/a> (1-0, 1.50 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 10 strikeouts); Guardians: Slade Cecconi<\/a> (0-2, 5.03 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 18 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Guardians -116, Astros -103; over\/under is 8 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros travel to the Cleveland Guardians looking to break an eight-game road slide.<\/p>\n

Cleveland has a 13-10 record overall and a 7-3 record in home games. The Guardians have gone 10-4 in games when they record at least eight hits.<\/p>\n

Houston has gone 1-9 on the road and 8-15 overall. The Astros are 6-2 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.<\/p>\n

Monday’s game is the first time these teams square off this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Ramirez<\/a> has four doubles and six home runs for the Guardians. Angel Martinez<\/a> is 12 for 41 with three doubles, two home runs and nine RBI over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Christian Walker<\/a> has six doubles, four home runs and 16 RBI while hitting .253 for the Astros. Yordan Alvarez<\/a> is 14 for 40 with four doubles and six home runs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 5-5, .236 batting average, 4.96 ERA, outscored by three runs<\/p>\n

Astros: 2-8, .233 batting average, 6.20 ERA, outscored by 20 runs<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Guardians: Gabriel Arias<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Andrew Walters: 15-Day IL (lat)<\/p>\n

Astros: Joey Loperfido<\/a>: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Nick Allen<\/a>: day-to-day (undisclosed), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (oblique), Josh Hader<\/a>: 60-Day IL (biceps), Cody Bolton: 15-Day IL (back), Jeremy Pena<\/a>: 10-Day IL (knee), Tatsuya Imai: 15-Day IL (arm), Jake Meyers<\/a>: 10-Day IL (oblique), Ronel Blanco<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cristian Javier: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Hunter Brown: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Hayden Wesneski<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brandon Walter<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nate Pearson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Zach Dezenzo<\/a>: 10-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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