DeLauter leads Guardians against the Athletics after 4-hit game

Cleveland Guardians (17-16, first in the AL Central) vs. Athletics (17-15, first in the AL West)

West Sacramento, California; Saturday, 4:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Guardians: Slade Cecconi (0-4, 6.23 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, 25 strikeouts); Athletics: Jacob Lopez (2-1, 5.84 ERA, 1.95 WHIP, 18 strikeouts)

LINE: Guardians -118, Athletics -101; over/under is 9 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians play the Athletics after Chase DeLauter's four-hit game on Friday.

The Athletics have a 17-15 record overall and a 7-7 record in home games. Athletics hitters have a collective .392 slugging percentage to rank seventh in the AL.

Cleveland has a 17-16 record overall and an 8-9 record on the road. The Guardians have a 14-7 record in games when they record at least eight hits.

The teams meet Saturday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tyler Soderstrom has 11 doubles, a triple and three home runs for the Athletics. Carlos Cortes is 17 for 33 with two doubles, a triple and three home runs over the last 10 games.

DeLauter leads the Guardians with a .286 batting average, and has eight doubles, a triple, five home runs, 15 walks and 20 RBI. Brayan Rocchio is 12 for 37 with four RBI over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Athletics: 6-4, .282 batting average, 3.33 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs

Guardians: 4-6, .242 batting average, 3.58 ERA, outscored by five runs

INJURIES: Athletics: Denzel Clarke: 10-Day IL (foot), Jeffrey Springs: day-to-day (hip), Max Muncy: 10-Day IL (hand), Gunnar Hoglund: 60-Day IL (knee)

Guardians: Shawn Armstrong: 15-Day IL (groin), Gabriel Arias: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Andrew Walters: 15-Day IL (lat)

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