Red Sox visit the Guardians on 3-game road win streak

Boston Red Sox (23-32, fifth in the AL East) vs. Cleveland Guardians (33-25, first in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Friday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Tyler Samaniego (0-2, 1.04 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 13 strikeouts); Guardians: Slade Cecconi (3-5, 5.18 ERA, 1.48 WHIP, 47 strikeouts)

LINE: Guardians -120, Red Sox +100; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox visit the Cleveland Guardians trying to extend a three-game road winning streak.

Cleveland has gone 16-12 at home and 33-25 overall. The Guardians have a 17-3 record in games when they scored at least five runs.

Boston has a 14-13 record on the road and a 23-32 record overall. Red Sox hitters have a collective .317 on-base percentage, the seventh-ranked percentage in the AL.

The teams meet Friday for the first time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Brayan Rocchio has a .298 batting average to lead the Guardians, and has eight doubles, a triple and four home runs. Travis Bazzana is 13 for 37 with two home runs and four RBIs over the past 10 games.

Willson Contreras has six doubles, two triples and 11 home runs for the Red Sox. Jarren Duran is 15 for 43 with two doubles, a triple, four home runs and 10 RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 7-3, .220 batting average, 2.60 ERA, even run differential

Red Sox: 4-6, .284 batting average, 4.55 ERA, outscored by four runs

INJURIES: Guardians: Erik Sabrowski: 15-Day IL (elbow), Gabriel Arias: 10-Day IL (hamstring)

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