CLEVELAND, Ohio — This is a preview of the three-game series between the Guardians and Texas that starts Monday night.
Where: Progressive Field, Monday through Wednesday.
TV/radio: ESPN will televise Monday’s game. Guardians.TV will do Tuesday and Wednesday’s games. WTAM/1100, WMMS 100.7 FM, WARF (Spanish) and the Guardians Radio Network will carry the series.
Probable starting pitchers and start times: LHP Parker Messick (7-4, 2.67) vs. TBD (bullpen game) Monday at 7:10 p.m.; RHP Tanner Bibee (2-8, 3.78) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (6-5, 3.55) Tuesday at 7:10 p.m. and LHP Joey Cantillo (6-3, 3.87) vs. LHP MacKenzie Gore (5-6, 4.04) Wednesday at 1:10 p.m.
Series: The Guardians are 1-2 against Texas this season. Texas leads overall, 360-348.
Rangers update (43-43): They completed a four-game sweep of Toronto with a 3-2 win on Sunday. They out-homered the Guardians, 6-3, in their three-game series in June Globe Life Field. Josh Jung is hitting (5 for 12) and Ezequiel Duran .400 (4 for 10) against the Guardians this year. DeGrom went 1-0 against Cleveland in June.
Guardians update (4$-40): They rallied late to take the rubber match on Sunday in a three-game series from the Mariners, who entered the game leading the AL West. They have won only five of their last 11 games. Bibee is 1-0 against Texas this season, while Messick and Cantillo are a combined 0-2. Steven Kwan is hitting .500 (5 for 10) against Texas this season.
Injuries:
Rangers: OF Wyatt Lanford (left hamstring), UT Cody Freeman (neck), RHP Jack Leiter (right ankle), LHP Jordan Montgomery (left elbow), LHP Cody Bradford (left elbow), OF Michael Helman (right hand), LHP Jalen Beeks (back), C Danny Jansen (right forearm), RHP Chris Martin (right shoulder), LHP Robert Garcia (left shoulder) and RHP Carter Baumier (right intercostal) are on the injured list.
Guardians: 3B Jose Ramirez (left hamate bone) and OF Angel Martinez (left foot) are on the injured list.
Next: White Sox arrive for a four-game series starting Thursday night.