The Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians play game two of their wildcard series with Cleveland looking for the sweep to advance. The Guardians won a pitcher's duel yesterday 2-1, behind a strong performance from Shane Bieber. The Guardians will send Triston McKenzie to the mound. He is 11-11, with a 2.96 ERA. The Rays will go with Tyler Glasnow in hopes to stave off elimination. He is 0-0 with a 1.35 ERA. The Guardians won in the same way they have all season, with outstanding pitching and timely hitting. Triston McKenzie faced the Rays on September 29 and allowed three hits and one run in six innings in a 2-1 win. The Guardians have won five of McKenzie’s last six starts. Tyler Glasnow has made two starts since returning from injury, going just three innings and 3 ⅔ innings. Expect him to be on a pitch count today. Cleveland has won seven of the last nine at home and 39 of the last 57 overall. Tampa Bay is 1-5 in the last six against a team with a winning record and 0-6 in the last six overall. The Guardians won 12 times when losing after seven innings and are 29-17 in one-run games this season while Tampa Bay is 27-28.

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