In the series rubber match on Sunday, July 21, Jose Ramirez and the Cleveland Guardians (59-38) square off against Jurickson Profar and the San Diego Padres (51-50). The first pitch will be thrown at 1:40 PM ET at Progressive Field.

Info on how to watch Cleveland's contest against San Diego can be found in the article below.

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Where to Watch Guardians vs. Padres

  • Date: Sunday, July 21, 2024
  • Time: 1:40 PM ET
  • TV Channel: SDPA
  • Live Stream:Watch this game on Fubo
  • Location: Cleveland, Ohio
  • Venue: Progressive Field

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Pitching Matchup

Guardians: Ben Lively

  • Ben Lively (8-5 with a 3.58 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 88 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Guardians, his 17th of the season.
  • The righty's most recent time out came on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Rays, when he threw 5 1/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while giving up three hits.
  • The 32-year-old has an ERA of 3.58, with 8 strikeouts per nine innings, in 16 games this season. Opposing hitters have a .239 batting average against him.
  • Lively has registered five quality starts this year.
  • Lively will try to go five or more innings for his sixth straight appearance. He's averaging 5.5 innings per outing.
  • He has had one outing this season in which he kept his opponents to zero earned runs.

Padres: Michael King

  • The Padres are sending Michael King (7-6) out to make his 20th start of the season. He is 7-6 with a 3.41 ERA and 129 strikeouts over 111 2/3 innings pitched.
  • His last appearance came on Wednesday, July 10 against the Seattle Mariners, when the right-hander went six innings, surrendering one earned run while allowing three hits.
  • The 29-year-old has put together a 3.41 ERA and 10.5 strikeouts per nine innings in 20 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .224 to opposing hitters.
  • King is trying to record his ninth quality start of the season in this game.
  • King will aim to go five or more innings for his fifth straight start. He's averaging 5.6 frames per outing.
  • In four of his appearances this season he has not allow an earned run.

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Team Comparison

Guardians Padres
4.8 Runs Scored (PG) 4.5
3.9 Runs Allowed (PG) 4.4
.242 Batting AVG .260
.233 Batting AVG Against .247
109 Home Runs 111
111 Home Runs Allowed 113

Guardians Offensive Leaders

  • Ramirez's batting average this season is .271, and he has an OPS of .837 (.324 on-base, .513 slugging). He has 23 homers and 79 RBI, plus 71 runs scored and 18 stolen bases on 20 attempts. His strikeout rate is 13%, and his walk rate is 7.1%.
  • So far this season, Josh Naylor is batting .241, with a .322 on-base percentage and a .482 slugging percentage. His strikeout rate is 17.4%, and his walk rate is 9.3%. He has 22 home runs and 70 RBI, plus 55 runs scored.
  • Steven Kwan's current batting average is .351, and he has nine home runs and 27 RBI, plus 56 runs scored and six steals on 10 attempts. He has a .404 on-base percentage, and a .507 slugging percentage. His strikeout rate is 8.3%, and his walk rate is 7.3%.
  • Also for the Guardians, Andres Gimenez's batting average is .246, with a .299 on-base percentage and a .331 slugging percentage. He has five homers and 45 RBI, plus 43 runs scored and 15 stolen bases on 18 attempts. His strikeout rate is 14.2%, and his walk rate is 4.4%.

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Padres Offensive Leaders

  • Profar has cracked 14 home runs, knocked in 59 runs, and scored 52 times while hitting .298/.388/.465 in 402 plate appearances. He's also swiped five bags on seven attempts. His K rate comes in at 14.9%, and his walk rate sits at 11.4%.
  • In 410 plate appearances this season, Jake Cronenworth owns a .260 average with a .328 OBP and .438 SLG. He's also clubbed 14 homers with 58 RBI and 50 runs while posting a 17.8% strikeout rate and 7.6% walk rate.
  • This season, Luis Arraez is hitting .312/.347/.382 with two dingers, 25 RBI and 50 runs. He's fanning at a 5.6% clip and walking 4% of the time.
  • At the plate, Ha-Seong Kim has posted a batting average of .224 with an OPS of .695 (.326 OBP; .370 SLG) this season, while swatting 10 homers with 50 runs and 40 RBI. He's drawing free passes at a 12.7% clip and fanning 15.5% of the time. On the bases, he's stolen 18 bags on 22 tries.

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