Astros bring road skid into matchup with the Guardians

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Houston Astros (8-15, fifth in the AL West) vs. Cleveland Guardians (13-10, first in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Monday, 6:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Spencer Arrighetti (1-0, 1.50 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 10 strikeouts); Guardians: Slade Cecconi (0-2, 5.03 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 18 strikeouts)

LINE: Guardians -116, Astros -103; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros travel to the Cleveland Guardians looking to break an eight-game road slide.

Cleveland has a 13-10 record overall and a 7-3 record in home games. The Guardians have gone 10-4 in games when they record at least eight hits.

Houston has gone 1-9 on the road and 8-15 overall. The Astros are 6-2 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

Monday's game is the first time these teams square off this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Ramirez has four doubles and six home runs for the Guardians. Angel Martinez is 12 for 41 with three doubles, two home runs and nine RBIs over the last 10 games.

Christian Walker has six doubles, four home runs and 16 RBIs while hitting .253 for the Astros. Yordan Alvarez is 14 for 40 with four doubles and six home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 5-5, .236 batting average, 4.96 ERA, outscored by three runs

Astros: 2-8, .233 batting average, 6.20 ERA, outscored by 20 runs

INJURIES: Guardians: Gabriel Arias: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Andrew Walters: 15-Day IL (lat)

Astros: Joey Loperfido: 10-Day IL (quadricep), Nick Allen: day-to-day (undisclosed), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (oblique), Josh Hader: 60-Day IL (biceps), Cody Bolton: 15-Day IL (back), Jeremy Pena: 10-Day IL (knee), Tatsuya Imai: 15-Day IL (arm), Jake Meyers: 10-Day IL (oblique), Ronel Blanco: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cristian Javier: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Hunter Brown: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nate Pearson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Zach Dezenzo: 10-Day IL (elbow)

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