Tampa Bay at Cleveland 12:05 ET
Rays over Sockalexis' (Check it out!) - American League Central champion Guardians (92-70) enter the postseason on quite the roll, winning 24 of their past 30 games to record the second-best 30-games. Cleveland, which won four of the six meetings against Tampa Bay in the regular season, will send right-hander Shane Bieber (13-8, 2.88 ERA) to the mound on Friday. He will be opposed by Tampa Bay left-hander Shane McClanahan (12-8, 2.54). Bieber is 2-2 with a 3.22 ERA in six career appearances (all starts) versus Tampa Bay. McClanahan, 25, struggled in his lone career outing versus Cleveland, surrendering five runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings of a 5-3 setback on July 31. The Rays are 13-5 in the last 18 meetings including 9-4 in the last 13 in Cleveland. Take TAMPA BAY!