Thursday night the Guardians will send ace Shane Bieber to the hill to try and stop the Yankees from taking a commanding 2-0 series lead.  If the Yankees can beat the Guardians ace, it will all but seal the fate for the Guardians season to come to an end in the Divisional round of the playoffs.  Bieber who in the regular season went 13-8 with a 2.88 ERA will be opposed by Nester Cortes of the Yankees who went 12-4 with a 2.44 ERA during the regular season.

The Guardians are hoping Bieber’s regular season dominance carries over as the UNDER has cashed in his last 4 road starts.  The Guardians also are 7-0 in their last 7 games following a loss.  However, New York has not been kind to the Guardians as they are 1-6 in their last 7 games at Yankee Stadium and 23-50 in their last 73 meetings there!

both bieber and cortes have won their last 3 starts however when facing the opposing team that they will face Thursday night the success has looked much different.  Bieber has not faced the Yankees yet this year but his last two appearances againt the yankees have been losses.  In April of 2021 in New YORK, he lost 2-1 going 7 innings allowing 4 hits and 2 runs.  In THEIR playoff matchup in