Rangers host the Guardians on 4-game home win streak

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Cleveland Guardians (36-29, first in the AL Central) vs. Texas Rangers (31-32, second in the AL West)

Arlington, Texas; Saturday, 7:35 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Guardians: Tanner Bibee (0-7, 4.57 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 60 strikeouts); Rangers: Jack Leiter (3-4, 4.34 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 74 strikeouts)

LINE: Guardians -129, Rangers +108; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers host the Cleveland Guardians aiming to continue a four-game home winning streak.

Texas is 31-32 overall and 16-13 in home games. The Rangers have gone 23-10 in games when they record at least eight hits.

Cleveland has gone 19-15 on the road and 36-29 overall. The Guardians have gone 19-3 in games when they scored at least five runs.

The matchup Saturday is the second time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jake Burger leads the Rangers with 10 home runs while slugging .410. Joc Pederson is 11 for 36 with five home runs and 12 RBIs over the last 10 games.

Brayan Rocchio has nine doubles, a triple and four home runs for the Guardians. Kyle Manzardo is 9 for 31 with two doubles and two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 7-3, .248 batting average, 3.74 ERA, outscored opponents by 13 runs

Guardians: 4-6, .249 batting average, 4.70 ERA, outscored by 18 runs

INJURIES: Rangers: Josh Smith: 10-Day IL (glute), Carter Baumler: 60-Day IL (ribs), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chris Martin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Robert Garcia: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Cole Winn: 15-Day IL (arm), Jordan Montgomery: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Guardians: Gabriel Arias: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Erik Sabrowski: 15-Day IL (elbow)

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