The Guardians lost a close one yesterday, 7-6 against the Reds. They're still 6-4 in their last 10 games and will try to rebound in this one. For this game, the Cleveland Guardians will start left-hander Joey Cantillo. Cantillo has been pitching great this season with a 3-1 record and a 3.38 ERA with 41 strikeouts. The Cincinnati Reds will send out Chris Paddack in this game. He has been not good this season with a 0-5 record and 7.63 ERA over 7 appearances. The Cleveland Guardians have been good at home, posting a 13-10 record. The Cincinnati Reds have gone 3-10 when playing AL-Central opponents in their last 13. Tough loss for the Guardians yesterday, expect them to bounce back at home with a solid pitching advantage today. Take Cleveland.

We return to the west coast where we have LA taking on LA on Saturday night. This series is taking place at Angel Stadium, but the Dodgers will of course be well supported in Halo territory. The Dodgers come into this game playing well as they are riding a three-game winning streak. The Angels are heading in the wrong direction as they have lost four in a row and are 3-7 SU in their last 10 games. Tonight’s game features a pair of starters that are both having solid seasons to this point. The Dodgers will send Justin Wrobleski to the hill with his 5-1 SU record, an ERA of 2.42 and a WHIP of just 0.99 in six starts and seven appearances in the 26-campaign. The Angels will hang their hopes on Jose Soriano tonight. Soriano comes into this contest with a record of 6-2 SU, an ERA of 1.66 and a WHIP of 1.05. The Dodgers are averaging 5.0 runs per game, and as a team they are only giving up 3.4 runs per game, which is second-best in the MLB. The Angels rank 27th in scoring at home averaging just 3.4 runs per game. Our TPR Index projects a run advantage of 1.46 runs. The SPMatrix has Justin Wrobleski with an average of 8.17 compared to Jose Soriano who has an average of 8.11. Our next set of metrics looks at the overall Pitchers Power Ratings. Coming into this game and situation Wrobleski has a rating of 126 while Soriano has a rating of 121 with the league average of 100. The SIM Matrix has the LA Dodgers with a 73.99 percent advantage against the LA Angels in tonight’s contest. Play ON MLB -120 or more favorites when they used five or more pitchers in a game yesterday, 5375-3387 SU (61%)(+$3,524). Play ON MLB road favorites coming off a win in which they scored in at most two separate innings, and it is not the last game of a series, 351-226 SU (61%)(+$2,957). We are going to lay the chalk with the Dodgers as they get another key victory over the Angels on Saturday night. PREDICTION: 8* LOS ANGELES DODGERS 4 LOS ANGELES ANGELS 3