Guardians bring 1-0 series advantage over Cubs into game 2

Chicago Cubs (3-4) vs. Cleveland Guardians (5-3)

Cleveland; Saturday, 7:15 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Shota Imanaga (0-1, 7.20 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, seven strikeouts); Guardians: Slade Cecconi (0-1, 12.46 ERA, 2.08 WHIP, five strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians lead 1-0 in a three-game series with the Chicago Cubs.

Cleveland went 88-74 overall and 45-36 in home games last season. The Guardians batted .226 as a team in the 2025 season with a .670 OPS.

Chicago went 92-70 overall and 42-39 on the road a season ago. The Cubs scored 4.9 runs per game while giving up 4.0 in the 2025 season.

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

Cubs: Cade Horton: day-to-day (forearm), 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.