The Cleveland Guardians and the Boston Red Sox are battling for a wildcard spot in the American League. They have split the first two games of their four-game set. Cleveland is 3.5 games behind the Minnesota Twins for the AL Central lead and is 3.0 games out of the wildcard chase, tied with the Red Sox. They snapped a three-game losing streak with yesterday's win and are 5-5 in thier last 10 games. The Red Sox were 1-9 coming into this series before taking game 1. Boston is 8-2 in the last 10 meetings against Cleveland. Cleveland will send Cal Quantrill to the mound. He is 7-5 with a 3.75 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP in 18 starts. He has allowed just two total runs in his last 11 innings. He allowed two runs in 5.0 innings against the Sox this season in one start. He is 0-1 with a 4.00 ERA in three career starts against Boston. Boston will counter with Nathan Eovaldi on the mound. He is 4-3 with a 4.30 ERA and a 1.23 WHIP in 14 starts this season. He did pitch well last time out, allowing nine runs in 2.2 innings. Boston is 2-10 in their last 12 games, 1-4 in their last 5 home games, and 3-13 in their last 16 games vs. a right-handed starter. Cleveland is 6-3 in their last 9 games and 4-1 in their last 5 games after a win. Devers and Story are out for Boston and that severely hampers their offensive output. The Indians have won the last four games Quantrill has started. Eovaldi is coming off his worst start of the season by far. The Guardian's offense is nothing special but they do seem to come up with key hits when needed and without Story and Devers in the lineup, the BOSOX are at a disadvantage.

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