Guardians and Red Sox play to decide series winner

Updated May. 31, 2026 4:01 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Boston Red Sox (24-33, fifth in the AL East) vs. Cleveland Guardians (34-26, first in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Sunday, 1:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Ranger Suarez (2-3, 3.02 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 47 strikeouts); Guardians: Tanner Bibee (0-7, 4.57 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 55 strikeouts)

LINE: Red Sox -115, Guardians -104; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians and Boston Red Sox meet on Sunday with the three-game series tied 1-1.

Cleveland is 17-13 at home and 34-26 overall. Guardians hitters have a collective .319 on-base percentage, the sixth-ranked percentage in the AL.

Boston is 24-33 overall and 15-14 on the road. Red Sox hitters have a collective .318 on-base percentage, the eighth-ranked percentage in the AL.

The teams meet Sunday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Brayan Rocchio has a .288 batting average to lead the Guardians, and has eight doubles, a triple and four home runs. Travis Bazzana is 12 for 37 with a home run and two RBIs over the past 10 games.

Willson Contreras leads the Red Sox with a .286 batting average, and has six doubles, two triples, 11 home runs, 23 walks and 33 RBIs. Jarren Duran is 16 for 46 with five home runs and 13 RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 6-4, .227 batting average, 3.00 ERA, outscored by 14 runs

Red Sox: 4-6, .293 batting average, 4.15 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs

INJURIES: Guardians: Angel Martinez: day-to-day (foot), Gabriel Arias: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Erik Sabrowski: 15-Day IL (elbow)

Red Sox: Garrett Whitlock: 15-Day IL (knee), Roman Anthony: 10-Day IL (wrist), Garrett Crochet: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Trevor Story: 10-Day IL (groin), Kutter Crawford: 60-Day IL (wrist), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow), Triston Casas: 60-Day IL (knee), Johan Oviedo: 60-Day IL (elbow), Romy Gonzalez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tanner Houck: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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