Guardians bring 1-0 series lead over Yankees into game 2

Cleveland Guardians (35-27, first in the AL Central) vs. New York Yankees (36-24, second in the AL East)

New York; Wednesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Guardians: Gavin Williams (8-3, 3.07 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 88 strikeouts); Yankees: Gerrit Cole (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.71 WHIP, 12 strikeouts)

LINE: Yankees -162, Guardians +136; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians face the New York Yankees leading the series 1-0.

New York is 17-10 in home games and 36-24 overall. The Yankees have a 25-5 record in games when they record eight or more hits.

Cleveland has an 18-13 record in road games and a 35-27 record overall. The Guardians have the seventh-best team ERA in the majors at 3.75.

Wednesday's game is the second meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Aaron Judge is second on the Yankees with 27 extra base hits (10 doubles and 17 home runs). Ryan McMahon is 9 for 34 with a double, three home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

Jose Ramirez has 17 doubles and eight home runs while hitting .236 for the Guardians. Kyle Manzardo is 7 for 30 with two home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 6-4, .280 batting average, 3.03 ERA, outscored opponents by 24 runs

Guardians: 5-5, .253 batting average, 4.15 ERA, outscored by 17 runs

INJURIES: Yankees: Angel Chivilli: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Aaron Judge: day-to-day (rib), Giancarlo Stanton: 10-Day IL (leg), Jasson Dominguez: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Max Fried: 15-Day IL (elbow), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Guardians: Gabriel Arias: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Erik Sabrowski: 15-Day IL (elbow)

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