Guardians bring 1-0 series advantage over Cubs into game 2
By The Associated Press••Yahoo Sports
Chicago Cubs (3-4) vs. Cleveland Guardians (5-3) Cleveland; Saturday, 7:15 p. m.
EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Shota Imanaga (0-1, 7. 20 ERA, 1. 60 WHIP, seven strikeouts); Guardians: Slade Cecconi (0-1, 12.
46 ERA, 2. 08 WHIP, five strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cubs -140, Guardians +118; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians lead 1-0 in a three-game series with the Chicago Cubs. Cleveland went 88-74 overall and 45-36 in home games last season.
The Guardians batted . 226 as a team in the 2025 season with a . 670 OPS.
Chicago went 92-70 overall and 42-39 on the road a season ago. The Cubs scored 4. 9 runs per game while giving up 4.