Cleveland at Chicago

Cleveland scored nine runs Wednesday to win 9-3 in Game 3, after 3-0 and 4-3 losses in Games 1 and 2. Cleveland has outscored Chicago 12-10 across the three games. I had Chicago on the moneyline in Game 1 on Saturday, and it won. Parker Messick takes the ball tonight with a 2.56 ERA over 186.1 innings, five days after he allowed two runs in 4.1 innings in that opener. Chicago lists Hagen Smith, who made 18 appearances and one start this season and threw 21 pitches in relief Wednesday. His longest postseason outing is three innings. Chicago used seven pitchers and threw 178 pitches Wednesday, allowing nine runs. Chicago ranks fifth in runs per game and Cleveland 24th. Cleveland also allows 4.12 runs per game, compared with Chicago's 4.44, and its bullpen ERA of 3.54 ranks sixth in baseball. Cleveland is the play tonight.