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The Cleveland Guardians enter Sunday's American League matchup against the Houston Astros as plus-money underdogs — a pricing that analyst David Futureprez2024 calls a steal, given Cleveland's first-place standing in the AL Central and a Houston rotation leaking runs at an alarming rate.
Guardians starter Slade Cecconi has surrendered two or fewer earned runs in each of his last three outings, while Astros arm Kai-Wei Teng has allowed 14 earned runs across 12.1 innings this month alone.
Cleveland's Pitching Case Cecconi carries a 3-5 record and a 4.60 ERA on the season, numbers inflated by a road-heavy schedule — he has made twice as many starts away from home.
The more instructive read is his recent run: three or fewer runs allowed across eight consecutive starts, a stretch covering all of May and into June.
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