The Cleveland Guardians (64-62) visit the Texas Rangers (63-65) on Friday at 8:05 p.m. ET. The Guardians are moneyline underdogs (+144) against the favored Rangers (-173). Nathan Eovaldi starts for Texas, and Slade Cecconi is Cleveland’s choice to start.

Check out all the Latest Baseball Betting Previews!

Rangers vs. Guardians betting lines

• Favorite: Rangers (-173)
• Underdog: Guardians (+144)
• Over/under: 7.5

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• The Rangers have won 39 of the 63 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (61.9%).
• When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -173 or shorter, Texas has gone 10-3 (76.9%).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Rangers have an implied win probability of 63.4%.
• Texas has had an over/under set by bookmakers 128 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 55 of those games (55-71-2).
• The Rangers are 68-60-0 against the spread this season.

Rangers hitting info

• Marcus Semien is hitting .230 with 16 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs and 50 walks.
• Semien ranks 100th in home runs and 57th in RBI among all hitters in baseball.
• Corey Seager has hit 19 home runs while batting .264. Both are team-highs.
• Seager ranks 53rd in home runs among hitters in MLB play and 136th in RBI.
• Seager has hit safely in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .368 with two doubles, two home runs, a walk and three RBIs.
• Josh Smith has 21 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 41 walks while batting .262.
• Wyatt Langford is hitting .247 with 18 doubles, 18 home runs and 52 walks.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Rangers has a collective 8.3 K/9, which ranks 18th in the majors.
• Texas has the first-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.47).
• The Rangers average MLB’s best WHIP (1.189).
• The Rangers surrender the ninth-fewest home runs in baseball (136 total, 1.1 per game).
• In its 6-3 win last time out, Texas struck out nine Royals batters while allowing eight hits.

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

• This season, the Guardians have won 30 out of the 68 games, or 44.1%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Cleveland has a record of 7-10 in games where sportsbooks have it as underdogs of at least +144 on the moneyline.
• The implied probability of a win by the Guardians, based on the moneyline, is 41%.
• Cleveland and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 55 of its 124 opportunities.
• In 124 games with a spread this season, the Guardians are 62-62-0 ATS.

Guardians hitting info

• Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in batting average (.291), home runs (26) and runs batted in (66) this season.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Ramirez’s home run total is 16th, and his RBI total is 50th.
• Ramirez enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .176 with a home run, four walks and two RBIs.
• Steven Kwan has collected 133 hits this season and has an OBP of .336. He’s slugging .390 on the year.
• Among all MLB hitters, Kwan is 160th in home runs and 175th in RBI.
• Carlos Santana is slashing .226/.319/.334 this season for the Guardians.
• Santana takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .133 with three walks and an RBI.
• Kyle Manzardo is batting .233 with an OBP of .318 and a slugging percentage of .466 this season.

Guardians pitching rankings

• The Guardians strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 14th in MLB.
• Cleveland has pitched to a 3.87 ERA this season, which ranks 12th in baseball.
• The Guardians have a combined WHIP of 1.311 as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
• The Guardians have allowed the eighth-fewest home runs this season at just 134, or 1.1 per game.
• Cleveland pitchers struck out seven Diamondbacks hitters while allowing nine base hits in a 3-2 loss its last time out.