The Texas Rangers (80-79) visit the Cleveland Guardians (86-72) on Friday at 7:10 p.m. ET. The Rangers are underdogs (+123) against the favored Guardians (-147). Cleveland’s Slade Cecconi gets the start against Texas’ Jack Leiter.

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Guardians vs. Rangers betting lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-147)
• Underdog: Rangers (+123)
• Over/under: 8

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

• The Guardians have put together a 43-25 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 63.2% of those games).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -147 or shorter, Cleveland has gone 11-4 (73.3%).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Guardians’ implied win probability is 59.5%.
• Cleveland has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 64 times this season for a 64-84-8 record against the over/under.
• The Guardians have put together an 84-72-0 record against the spread this season (covering 53.8% of the time).

Guardians hitting info

• Jose Ramirez has a team-high batting average of .284, while pacing the Guardians in home runs (30) and runs batted in (84).
• Among all hitters in baseball, Ramirez’s home run total ranks 24th and his RBI tally ranks 37th.
• Ramirez has safely hit in seven straight games. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .333 with four doubles, two home runs, seven walks and seven RBIs.
• Steven Kwan is batting .277 with 29 doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 54 walks.
• Kwan currently ranks 186th in home runs and 137th in RBI in the majors.
• Kwan brings a six-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last 10 games he is batting .310 with three doubles, a home run, three walks and eight RBIs.
• Kyle Manzardo has 18 doubles, two triples, 26 home runs and 48 walks while hitting .234.
• Angel Martinez has 23 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs and 22 walks while batting .228.

Guardians pitching rankings

• The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Guardians pitching staff ranks 12th in MLB.
• Cleveland has a 3.68 team ERA that ranks fourth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Guardians combine for the 15th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.267).
• Guardians pitchers combine to give up 163 home runs (one per game), the sixth-fewest in baseball.
• In its 5-1 win last time out, Cleveland struck out nine Tigers batters while allowing six hits.

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

• The Rangers have entered the game as underdogs 76 times this season and won 30, or 39.5%, of those games.
• This season, Texas has won three of its 18 games, or 16.7%, when it’s the underdog by at least +123 on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rangers have a 44.8% chance to win.
• Games involving Texas have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 69 of 159 chances this season.
• The Rangers are 84-75-0 against the spread in their 159 chances this season.

Rangers hitting info

• Josh Smith leads Texas in batting average (.251) this season while adding 10 home runs and 35 RBI.
• In all of MLB, Smith ranks 211th in homers and 244th in RBI.
• Adolis Garcia leads Texas in runs batted in (74) this season. He’s batting .226 while slugging .391.
• Garcia ranks 103rd in homers and 67th in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
• Josh Jung has 117 hits this season and a slash line of .249/.292/.388.
• Jake Burger is batting .236 with an OBP of .267 and a slugging percentage of .422 this season.

Rangers pitching rankings

• The Rangers have an 8.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in the majors.
• Texas has the lowest ERA in baseball at 3.46.
• No team allows fewer walks and hits than the Rangers, who lead MLB with a 1.178 WHIP.
• The Rangers have allowed the ninth-fewest home runs this season at just 168, or 1.1 per game.
• Texas pitchers struck out nine Twins hitters while allowing 10 base hits in a 4-0 loss its last time out.