Guardians Probable Pitchers
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Rangers
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Guardians
(58-54)
final
• Mon, Aug 5
At Progressive Field
(66-46)
LHP
10-6, 3.06 ERA, 148 SO
Minor is 1-2 with a 6.65 ERA in his past four starts. He allowed one run in eight innings in a 4-2 win over the Indians on June 20. He has a career 0.55 ERA against Cleveland in seven games. He has made 11 starts on the road and is 4-4 with a 3.24 ERA.
RHP
1-1, 0.75 ERA, 13 SO
Civale gets the call to fill the rotation spot departed by Danny Salazar (groin strain). Civale will have the chance to build off his impressive June 22 debut, when he pitched six scoreless innings against the Tigers.
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Rangers
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Guardians
(58-55)
final
• Wed, Aug 7
At Progressive Field
(67-46)
RHP
6-7, 4.74 ERA, 69 SO
Jurado will be making his first career start against the Indians. He is 1-2 with a 7.20 ERA in his previous four starts, while going 4-2 with a 4.34 ERA and a 1.31 WHIP in six starts and six relief appearances on the road this season.
RHP
6-3, 3.13 ERA, 54 SO
Plesac was touched for four runs on six hits in five innings against the Astros on July 31, but came out with his sixth win. The rookie has a 3.04 ERA in 23 2/3 innings over his last five starts.
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Rangers
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Guardians
(58-56)
final
• Wed, Aug 7
At Progressive Field
Makeup of 8/6 PPD
(68-46)
RHP
14-7, 3.60 ERA, 178 SO
Lynn has pitched at least six innings in 18 straight starts. During that stretch, he is 12-4 with a 3.07 ERA and a 1.12 WHIP, averaging 10.9 strikeouts per nine innings. Lynn is 3-0 with a 0.95 ERA in three career starts against the Indians.
RHP
0-0, 2.74 ERA, 43 SO
Clippard will make his second start of the season in Game 2 of the twin bill. He went 1 1/3 innings on June 5 against the Twins in a spot start when Carlos Carrasco was scratched.
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Twins
(69-46)
final
• Thu, Aug 8
At Target Field
(70-45)
RHP
7-2, 3.02 ERA, 89 SO
One of the benefits of Wednesday's doubleheader may be pushing Clevinger's start back a day, allowing him to face the first-place Twins. Over his last six starts, Clevinger has a 1.69 ERA with 49 strikeouts in 37 1/3 innings.
RHP
11-5, 4.24 ERA, 126 SO
Gibson once again punctuated long stretches of dominance with bouts of inconsistency in his last start, when he allowed three runs -- two earned -- in 6 2/3 innings but was perfect in five of those frames. He has a 3.57 ERA since the start of July.
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Twins
(70-46)
final
• Fri, Aug 9
At Target Field
(70-46)
RHP
12-4, 3.28 ERA, 193 SO
Bieber is coming off his third complete game of the season, giving up two runs on five hits with eight strikeouts Sunday against the Angels. The 24-year-old has gone the distance in two of his last three starts.
LHP
1-2, 3.66 ERA, 25 SO
Smeltzer earned another start in place of the injured Michael Pineda after allowing two hits in six shutout innings against the Royals on Sunday. The left-hander has a 2.28 ERA in five outings, but his only bad game came against the Indians in June.
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