Tanner Bibee and the Guardians will take on Brady Singer and the Reds in the first game of this weekend series on Friday night.
On Friday, the Cleveland Guardians will take the field in Cincinnati, Ohio, for the first game of a three-game series against in-state rival Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. This will be the first game this season between these two teams. The Guardians head into the series with a 25-18 record overall, nearly sweeping the Milwaukee Brewers in their last series earlier this week. They are the No. 2 team in the AL Central, just 3.5 games behind the Detroit Tigers and one game up on the Kansas City Royals.
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On the other side, the Reds finished up a series yesterday against the Chicago White Sox, losing two of the three games and nearly getting swept. They escaped with a win yesterday, 7-1, to avoid it. They are now 21-24 on the season, sitting as the second-to-last place team in the NL Central, 5.5 games up on the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Tanner Bibee will take the mound for Cleveland in this series-opening game. The right-hander has an even record at 3-3 this season with a 3.80 ERA and 31 strikeouts through 45.0 innings. He tied a season-low with only one earned run conceded in his last start with three strikeouts, lasting 7.0 innings against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Cincinnati will give the ball back to Brady Singer to start the game on the mound. The right-hander is looking to get back on his run of dominant starts at 4-2 on the season with a 4.97 ERA. He has 39 total strikeouts in 41.2 innings. He had a season-worst outing in his last start, giving up seven earned runs on nine hits with one strikeout before leaving after just 2.1 innings.
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