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After another losing homestand the Red Sox thankfully head on the road, where they can win.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
First place in the AL Central, the Guardians are 33-25 on the season. They\u2019re three game in front of the Chicago White Sox. Not a typo. You were expecting the Detroit Tigers? They\u2019re sitting at 22-35. The Red Sox are 23-32. So it really could be worse. Without Tarik Skubal the Tigers are in free fall. The Sox unfortunately don\u2019t have such a linchpin player who can return. Well, maybe Roman Anthony or Garrett Crochet, but neither are quite the key Skubal is. Cleveland is scoring 4.14 runs per game. That\u2019s below average but better than Boston\u2019s 3.85 mark. They\u2019re allowing 3.91 runs per game from the pitching unit, also just better than Boston\u2019s 4.02.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
It\u2019s that time in the rotation. Brayan Bello will be pitching. This time with the newly-recalled Tyler Samaniego as his opener. With any luck, Typical Bello Dazzlement will appear for the bulk innings. Samaniego last appeared on 5\/23 with a scoreless, hitless inning against the Twins. The Guardians have Slade Cecconi, a righthander with a 5.18 ERA facing the nearly unstoppable Bulk Bello. Over 11 starts he\u2019s been up and down and up and down allowing 6 runs, 4 runs, 6 runs, 4 runs, 5 runs, around his better outings. Seattle, Atlanta, Houston, Toronto, and Sonny Gray is coming off his first real down outing in weeks. He lasted just 4.0 innings against the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. He\u2019s struck out 6, 9, and 4 over his past three starts of 6.0, 6.0, and 4.0 innings. He\u2019d been in a groove since coming off the IL. He\u2019ll face Parker Messick, a 25-year-old southpaw. Over his last five starts he allowed 2 earned runs or less four times. And he\u2019s struck out 32 in those 28 innings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nOakland<\/s> Sacramento all hit him hard. Those would be some of the better offenses in the league.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n