Angels look to avoid series sweep against the Guardians

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Los Angeles Angels (16-27, fourth in the AL West) vs. Cleveland Guardians (23-21, first in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Wednesday, 1:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Angels: Reid Detmers (1-3, 4.33 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 47 strikeouts); Guardians: Parker Messick (4-1, 2.30 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 51 strikeouts)

LINE: Guardians -153, Angels +129; over/under is 7 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians will aim to sweep a three-game series with a win against the Los Angeles Angels.

Cleveland has a 12-9 record at home and a 23-21 record overall. The Guardians have the seventh-ranked team on-base percentage in the AL at .322.

Los Angeles has an 8-17 record on the road and a 16-27 record overall. Angels hitters have a collective .388 slugging percentage to rank seventh in the AL.

The teams match up Wednesday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Ramirez has eight doubles, six home runs and 16 RBIs for the Guardians. David Fry is 7 for 22 with a double, two home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

Mike Trout leads the Angels with 11 home runs while slugging .517. Jo Adell is 12 for 35 with two home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 5-5, .202 batting average, 3.74 ERA, outscored by one run

Angels: 4-6, .236 batting average, 4.55 ERA, outscored by 18 runs

INJURIES: Guardians: Shawn Armstrong: 15-Day IL (groin), Gabriel Arias: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Andrew Walters: 15-Day IL (lat)

Angels: Travis d'Arnaud: 10-Day IL (foot), Logan O'Hoppe: 10-Day IL (wrist), Grayson Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (arm), Ryan Johnson: 15-Day IL (illness), Yusei Kikuchi: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Robert Stephenson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ben Joyce: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Anthony Rendon: 60-Day IL (hip)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.