Cubs visit the Guardians to start 3-game series

Chicago Cubs (3-3) vs. Cleveland Guardians (4-3)

Cleveland; Friday, 4:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Cade Horton (1-0, 2.84 ERA, 0.79 WHIP, four strikeouts); Guardians: Joey Cantillo (0-0, 4.91 ERA, 1.91 WHIP, five strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians host the Chicago Cubs to begin a three-game series.

Cleveland went 88-74 overall and 45-36 at home a season ago. The Guardians pitching staff had a 3.71 ERA collectively last season while averaging 8.6 strikeouts and 3.3 walks per nine innings.

Chicago had a 92-70 record overall and a 42-39 record in road games last season. The Cubs averaged 8.5 hits per game last season and totaled 223 home runs.

INJURIES: Guardians: Chase DeLauter: day-to-day (foot), George Valera: 10-Day IL (calf), Andrew Walters: 15-Day IL (lat), Hunter Gaddis: 15-Day IL (forearm)

Cubs: Porter Hodge: 15-Day IL (elbow), Seiya Suzuki: 10-Day IL (knee), Justin Steele: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jordan Wicks: 15-Day IL (forearm), Shelby Miller: 60-Day IL (elbow), Christopher Austin: 60-Day IL (knee)

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