The Boston Red Sox (23-32) will look to Willson Contreras, who is on an 11-game hitting streak, when they face the Cleveland Guardians (33-25). The Guardians are moneyline favorites (-119) for this contest against the Red Sox (-101), which begins at 7:10 p.m. ET on Friday at Progressive Field. Cleveland has Slade Cecconi starting, and Boston will send out Tyler Samaniego.

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Guardians vs. Red Sox betting lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-119)
• Underdog: Red Sox (-101)
• Over/under: 8

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

• The Guardians are 19-14 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 57.6% of those games).
• Cleveland has gone 16-13 (winning 55.2% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -119 or shorter.
• The Guardians have a 54.3% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• Cleveland has had an over/under set by bookmakers 58 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 28 of those games (28-30-0).
• The Guardians have a 31-27-0 record ATS this season.

Guardians hitting info

• Jose Ramirez is batting .226 with 12 doubles, eight home runs and 38 walks.
• Ramirez’s home runs rank 52nd in MLB and he ranks 65th in RBI in MLB.
• Chase DeLauter has racked up 31 runs batted in to lead his team.
• DeLauter currently ranks 63rd in homers and 35th in RBI in the majors.
• DeLauter has hit safely in two straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .211 with a double, a walk and an RBI.
• Brayan Rocchio paces the Guardians with a .298 batting average.
• Rocchio has hit safely in three straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .375 with a double.
• Angel Martinez’s nine home runs are a team-high mark.

Guardians pitching rankings

• The 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Guardians pitching staff ranks second in the majors.
• Cleveland has a 3.64 team ERA that ranks seventh across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Guardians combine for the 14th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.260).
• The Guardians give up the 24th-fewest home runs in baseball (66 total, 1.1 per game).
• Cleveland defeated the Nationals 3-2 in its last game with eight strikeouts while allowing five hits.

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

• The Red Sox have won seven, or 36.8%, of the 19 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Boston is 5-10 this season when entering a game as the underdog by -101 or more on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Red Sox have a 50.2% chance to win.
• Boston’s games have gone over the total in 24 of its 55 chances.
• The Red Sox are 22-33-0 against the spread this season.

Red Sox hitting info

• Contreras leads Boston in batting average (.286), home runs (11) and runs batted in (33) this season.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Contreras’ home run total is 31st, and his RBI total is 26th.
• Contreras heads into this matchup on an 11-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is batting .421 with a double, two triples, two home runs, two walks and eight RBIs.
• Wilyer Abreu’s batting average of .286 leads all Boston hitters this season.
• Abreu is 94th in homers and 118th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Abreu brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .200 with three doubles, a walk and two RBIs.
• Ceddanne Rafaela has 52 hits this season and a slash line of .283/.347/.440.
• Rafaela has hit safely in five straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .304 with two doubles, a home run, a walk and four RBIs.
• Jarren Duran is batting .213 with an OBP of .279 and a slugging percentage of .386 this season.
• Duran brings a five-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .375 with two home runs and three RBIs.

Red Sox pitching rankings

• The Red Sox have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in the big leagues.
• Boston has pitched to a 3.86 ERA this season, which ranks 12th in baseball.
• The Red Sox rank 13th in MLB with a combined 1.258 WHIP this season.
• With 64 homers allowed, the Red Sox rank 20th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Boston pitchers struck out 10 Braves hitters while allowing 11 base hits in a 10-2 loss its last time out.