{"id":711,"date":"2024-08-24T21:14:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T01:14:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-08-24T21:14:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T01:14:11","slug":"preview-texas-rangers-at-cleveland-guardians-august-25-2024-1-40-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betoregonsports.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/24\/preview-texas-rangers-at-cleveland-guardians-august-25-2024-1-40-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Texas Rangers at Cleveland Guardians &#8211; August 25, 2024, 1:40 PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Rangers are set to clash with the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on August 25, 2024, with the first pitch scheduled for 1:40 PM under partly cloudy skies.<\/p>\n<p>Cody Bradford will take the mound for the Rangers, entering the game with a 3.558 ERA. His counterpart, Matthew Boyd of the Guardians, will start with a slightly better ERA of 3.375.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2024 AL West Division, the Rangers are currently placed 12th with a record of 60-69, translating to a .470 winning percentage. They are 3rd in their division with a record of 14-18. Recently, Texas has seen a slight uptick in form, winning 5 of their last 10 games and currently enjoying a 2-game winning streak. They have a home record of 34-31 and a less favorable away record of 26-38. The Rangers have also won 24 day games compared to 36 victories in night games, scoring a total of 541 runs while conceding 576.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Guardians are holding the 3rd spot in the AL Central Division, boasting a 73-55 record which gives them a .570 winning percentage. They lead their division with a record of 21-17. Cleveland has won 4 of their last 10 games but are currently on a 3-game losing streak. They have been stronger at home with a 38-21 record and are balanced on the road with a 35-34 record. In day games, they have 28 wins to their 45 at night. The Guardians have scored 576 runs while allowing 509 runs in return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Rangers are set to clash with the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on August 25, 2024, with the first pitch scheduled for 1:40 PM un<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betoregonsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betoregonsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betoregonsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betoregonsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betoregonsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betoregonsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betoregonsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betoregonsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betoregonsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betoregonsports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}