Guardians bring home losing streak into matchup against the Padres

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San Diego Padres (65-57, second in the NL West) vs. Cleveland Guardians (59-63, fourth in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Friday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Michael King (7-8, 3.37 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 120 strikeouts); Guardians: Gavin Williams (11-6, 3.55 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 185 strikeouts)

LINE: Guardians -132, Padres +110; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians are looking to end their three-game home slide with a win over the San Diego Padres.

Cleveland has a 28-31 record at home and a 59-63 record overall. The Guardians have gone 24-15 in games when they did not allow a home run.

San Diego has gone 28-31 in road games and 65-57 overall. The Padres are 40-17 in games when they record eight or more hits.

Friday's game is the first time these teams square off this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chase DeLauter leads the Guardians with a .285 batting average, and has 22 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs, 47 walks and 57 RBIs. Steven Kwan is 15 for 42 with a home run and three RBIs over the last 10 games.

Manny Machado leads the Padres with 43 extra base hits (20 doubles and 23 home runs). Fernando Tatis Jr. is 9 for 36 with three doubles, four home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 3-7, .246 batting average, 4.34 ERA, outscored by nine runs

Padres: 7-3, .265 batting average, 3.60 ERA, outscored opponents by 13 runs

INJURIES: Guardians: Shawn Armstrong: 60-Day IL (leg), Slade Cecconi: 15-Day IL (arm)

Padres: Nick Pivetta: 60-Day IL (elbow), Samad Taylor: 10-Day IL (oblique), Lucas Giolito: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jason Adam: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Joe Musgrove: 60-Day IL (elbow), Miguel Andujar: 10-Day IL (wrist), Ramon Laureano: 60-Day IL (hip), Bryan Hoeing: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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