Cleveland Guardians and Miami Marlins meet in game 2 of series

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Cleveland Guardians (49-46, second in the AL Central) vs. Miami Marlins (52-43, third in the NL East)

Miami; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Guardians: Tanner Bibee (2-9, 4.06 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 84 strikeouts); Marlins: Eury Perez (5-6, 3.84 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 89 strikeouts)

LINE: Marlins -154, Guardians +125; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians lead 1-0 in a three-game series against the Miami Marlins.

Miami has a 52-43 record overall and a 31-18 record in home games. The Marlins have the 10th-best team ERA in MLB play at 4.02.

Cleveland is 49-46 overall and 25-24 in road games. The Guardians have a 19-10 record in games when they did not give up a home run.

The matchup Saturday is the second time these teams square off this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Otto Lopez has 26 doubles, six triples, nine home runs and 45 RBIs for the Marlins. Heriberto Hernandez is 10 for 29 with four doubles, five home runs and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.

Chase DeLauter has 10 home runs, 30 walks and 45 RBIs while hitting .282 for the Guardians. Brayan Rocchio is 9 for 32 with a double, two home runs and eight RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Marlins: 7-3, .307 batting average, 4.35 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs

Guardians: 5-5, .218 batting average, 3.63 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs

INJURIES: Marlins: John King: 15-Day IL (ankle), Owen Caissie: 10-Day IL (calf), Josh Ekness: 60-Day IL (calf), Anthony Bender: 15-Day IL (shin), Andrew Nardi: 60-Day IL (ribs), Robby Snelling: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ronny Henriquez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Adam Mazur: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Guardians: Angel Martinez: 10-Day IL (foot), Tim Herrin: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jose Ramirez: 10-Day IL (hand)

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