Guardians try to keep win streak alive against the Rockies

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Cleveland Guardians (64-66, second in the AL Central) vs. Colorado Rockies (50-79, fifth in the NL West)

Denver; Sunday, 3:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Guardians: Foster Griffin (14-4, 3.18 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 131 strikeouts); Rockies: Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6, 4.70 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 69 strikeouts)

LINE: Guardians -134, Rockies +118; over/under is 11 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians are looking to extend a three-game win streak with a victory against the Colorado Rockies.

Colorado is 50-79 overall and 27-37 at home. The Rockies have the third-ranked team batting average in the NL at .253.

Cleveland is 64-66 overall and 33-32 in road games. The Guardians have gone 48-24 in games when they record at least eight hits.

The teams play Sunday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jake McCarthy has 26 doubles, seven triples and 13 home runs while hitting .294 for the Rockies. Mickey Moniak is 6 for 36 with a double and two home runs over the past 10 games.

Steven Kwan has 15 doubles, two triples and two home runs for the Guardians. Jo Adell is 11 for 35 with two doubles and four home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rockies: 4-6, .216 batting average, 5.70 ERA, outscored by 12 runs

Guardians: 6-4, .250 batting average, 2.63 ERA, outscored opponents by 15 runs

INJURIES: Rockies: Hunter Goodman: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Sean Sullivan: 15-Day IL (undisclosed), McCade Brown: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Kyle Freeland: day-to-day (neck), Tyler Freeman: 10-Day IL (lumbar), Jose Quintana: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kris Bryant: 60-Day IL (back), Welinton Herrera: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chase Dollander: 60-Day IL (elbow), Pierson Ohl: 60-Day IL (elbow), RJ Petit: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Guardians: Rhys Hoskins: 10-Day IL (back), Shawn Armstrong: 60-Day IL (leg), Slade Cecconi: 15-Day IL (arm)

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