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Game 3 preview:
After messing up their best chance for a win with Gavin Williams going against a 29-year-old with 7 career wins (now 8), the Guardians try to keep their hopes alive for a split behind Joey Cantillo. It will be a battle of lefties as the Royals are starting Cole Ragans, who is 1-4 with a 5.29 ERA. The Guardians have hit lefties much better than righties this year, so maybe we'll see more than 3 runs.
Cantillo is 1-1 with a 3.67 ERA. He faced the Royals a month ago, allowing 1 run on 3 hits in 5.2 innings. Cantillo had a 2.61 ERA after four starts, but in his last three starts he's allowed 8 earned runs in 13.2 innings for a 5.54 ERA. He needs to get his mojo back.
Right-handed hitters are batting .275/.850 off him and he'll probably get Garcia, Witt, and Perez in the first inning so he needs to be ready. He struck out 9 Royals in his start last month so it will be interesting to see what they can do now that they've seen him once.
The first three times through the batting order Cantillo's BAA's are .193, .278, and .375 so with each subsequent look batters are more successful. I'm sure his numbers against right-handed hitters the third time he faces them are not good.
Bobby Witt, Jr is 3-for-9 against Cantillo with a pair of doubles, but Joey has been very tough against the rest of them. They're 5-for-45 off him, to be exact. Even with Witt's numbers included they're hitting .148 off him with no home runs.
Cole Ragans has made seven starts with a 5.29 ERA. His starts have been all over the place. He shut out the Tigers for 6 innings on 1 hit. Same for the Twins only with 4 hits. He went 6 against the Angels giving up 1 run. But he also had a couple of bad starts, The Yankees lit him up for 7 runs and in his last start the Mariners got 4 runs in 5.1 innings.
Against the Guardians he allowed 3 runs in the first inning before leaving after being hit on the thumb by a line drive.
In two starts at Kauffman his ERA is 0.75. On the road it's 7.97. He's struggled against left-handed hitters (.257/1.070). Too many walks and home runs. He's tough with RISP (2-for-15) and he maintains his effectiveness even three times through the order.
Hedges is 3-for-5 off him but the rest of the Guardians have not hit him well. Kwan is 4-for-14 while DeLauter and Manzardo are 1-for-1. All three are left-handed and Ragans has reverse splits. Jose gets to bat right-handed but he's just 2-for-14 against Ragans.
Ragans has had three very good starts, three bad starts, and one where he had to leave in the first inning due to a thumb bruise. No telling what we'll get on Wednesday.
DeLauter will try to extend his 9-game hitting streak.
After messing up their best chance for a win with Gavin Williams going against a 29-year-old with 7 career wins (now 8), the Guardians try to keep their hopes alive for a split behind Joey Cantillo. It will be a battle of lefties as the Royals are starting Cole Ragans, who is 1-4 with a 5.29 ERA. The Guardians have hit lefties much better than righties this year, so maybe we'll see more than 3 runs.
Cantillo is 1-1 with a 3.67 ERA. He faced the Royals a month ago, allowing 1 run on 3 hits in 5.2 innings. Cantillo had a 2.61 ERA after four starts, but in his last three starts he's allowed 8 earned runs in 13.2 innings for a 5.54 ERA. He needs to get his mojo back.
Right-handed hitters are batting .275/.850 off him and he'll probably get Garcia, Witt, and Perez in the first inning so he needs to be ready. He struck out 9 Royals in his start last month so it will be interesting to see what they can do now that they've seen him once.
The first three times through the batting order Cantillo's BAA's are .193, .278, and .375 so with each subsequent look batters are more successful. I'm sure his numbers against right-handed hitters the third time he faces them are not good.
Bobby Witt, Jr is 3-for-9 against Cantillo with a pair of doubles, but Joey has been very tough against the rest of them. They're 5-for-45 off him, to be exact. Even with Witt's numbers included they're hitting .148 off him with no home runs.
Cole Ragans has made seven starts with a 5.29 ERA. His starts have been all over the place. He shut out the Tigers for 6 innings on 1 hit. Same for the Twins only with 4 hits. He went 6 against the Angels giving up 1 run. But he also had a couple of bad starts, The Yankees lit him up for 7 runs and in his last start the Mariners got 4 runs in 5.1 innings.
Against the Guardians he allowed 3 runs in the first inning before leaving after being hit on the thumb by a line drive.
In two starts at Kauffman his ERA is 0.75. On the road it's 7.97. He's struggled against left-handed hitters (.257/1.070). Too many walks and home runs. He's tough with RISP (2-for-15) and he maintains his effectiveness even three times through the order.
Hedges is 3-for-5 off him but the rest of the Guardians have not hit him well. Kwan is 4-for-14 while DeLauter and Manzardo are 1-for-1. All three are left-handed and Ragans has reverse splits. Jose gets to bat right-handed but he's just 2-for-14 against Ragans.
Ragans has had three very good starts, three bad starts, and one where he had to leave in the first inning due to a thumb bruise. No telling what we'll get on Wednesday.
DeLauter will try to extend his 9-game hitting streak.
