Cleveland at Tampa Bay

Drew Rasmussen opened Tampa Bay’s Division Series by holding the Yankees to one hit over eight scoreless innings in a 1-0 win, and he gets the ball again for Game 1 tonight. His season line is a 2.67 ERA and a 0.91 WHIP over 30 starts. The Guardians scored 678 runs, 24th in the majors, and their .696 OPS ranked 26th. They reached this series with a 2-0 win over the White Sox in Game 5 on Saturday, and I had Cleveland that night. Foster Griffin has a 5.19 ERA in nine starts since Cleveland acquired him from Washington. Eight of those earned runs came in a single start at Baltimore on September 9, and he allowed one run over six innings at Boston in his final regular-season outing. He also struck out seven over two and two-thirds innings of relief against Chicago in Game 3. Tampa Bay scored 736 runs, 12th in the majors, and its 169 home runs ranked 22nd, so this is not a lineup that piles up runs in a hurry. Cleveland’s bullpen posted a 3.54 ERA behind its starters this season. Take the UNDER tonight.