Chicago at Cleveland

Cleveland scored nine runs in each of the last two games, 9-3 on Wednesday and 9-5 on Thursday, and the series is tied at two wins apiece after the White Sox won the first two, 3-0 and 4-3. I had the Guardians on Thursday and cashed. Gavin Williams leads the league with 248 strikeouts in 184.1 innings this season, compared with 185 in 172.1 for Chicago’s Sean Burke, and Williams struck out 11 in five innings in Game 2. Burke’s ERA is lower, 3.34 to 3.76, and Burke held Cleveland to one hit over 5.1 innings in that same game. Williams has the better WHIP, 1.11 to 1.20. Chicago has scored 776 runs this season, fifth in the majors, while Cleveland has scored 678, 24th. In this series, Chicago has scored 15 runs in four games, 3.8 per game, against Cleveland's 4.8 per game over 162. Cleveland’s staff ERA of 3.77 was eighth in the majors, and Chicago’s 4.12 tied for 14th. I’m on Cleveland in Game 5 tonight.