{"id":730929,"date":"2026-06-20T13:27:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/730929\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T13:27:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:27:58","slug":"astros-take-on-the-guardians-in-first-of-3-game-series-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/730929\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros take on the Guardians in first of 3-game series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(AP) \u2014 The Houston Astros start a three-game series at home against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Houston has a 35-41 record overall and an 18-20 record in home games. The Astros are 17-36 in games when they have allowed a home run.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland is 21-18 on the road and 40-35 overall. The Guardians are 17-7 in games when they did not give up a home run.<\/p>\n<p>Friday&#8217;s game is the fourth time these teams meet this season.<\/p>\n<p>TOP PERFORMERS: Christian Walker has 14 doubles, a triple, 18 home runs and 52 RBIs while hitting .246 for the Astros. Yordan Alvarez is 15 for 40 with two doubles and two home runs over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Kwan has eight doubles, a home run and 13 RBIs while hitting .213 for the Guardians. Jose Ramirez is 10 for 39 with a double and two home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 5-5, .214 batting average, 4.55 ERA, outscored by 17 runs<\/p>\n<p>Guardians: 4-6, .211 batting average, 4.19 ERA, outscored by 12 runs<\/p>\n<p>INJURIES: Astros: Nick Allen: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Lance McCullers: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (elbow), LaMonte Wade: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Cristian Javier: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Braden Shewmake: 10-Day IL (groin), Carlos Correa: 60-Day IL (ankle), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ronel Blanco: 60-Day IL (elbow), Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n<p>Guardians: Chase DeLauter: 10-Day IL (rib), Angel Martinez: 10-Day IL (foot), Jose Ramirez: 10-Day IL (hand), Erik Sabrowski: 15-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(AP) \u2014 The Houston Astros start a three-game series at home against the Cleveland Guardians on Friday. Houston&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2380],"tags":[4367,1769,5,135,51,2565,538,4],"class_list":["post-730929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cleveland-guardians","tag-ap","tag-associated-press","tag-baseball","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-guardians","tag-clevelandguardians","tag-guardians","tag-mlb"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116782675009291319","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}