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GameDay Preview: Tampa Bay Third Baseman Yandy Diaz Ready to Provide Spark to Rays' Offense in Wild Card Series With Cleveland Guardians

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GameDay Preview: Tampa Bay Third Baseman Yandy Diaz Ready to Provide Spark to Rays' Offense in Wild Card Series With Cleveland Guardians

Tampa Bay Rays play Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on Friday, October 7 at 12:07 p.m. ET. The game is broadcast on ESPN, WDAE 95.3 FM and on SiriusXM Channel 80. Cleveland is favored at minus-118 on the money line for Game 1. Tampa Bay is at plus-106.

Tampa Bay Rays finished third in the American League. They earned the sixth and final playoff spot with their 86-76 record. Cleveland Guardians won the AL Central with a 92-70 record and beat Chicago by 11 games.

Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays are playing in the Wild Card Series. Cleveland won the season series 4-2 this year. The teams have never met in a postseason before.

Shane McClanahan, Shane Bieber and Cleveland Guardians are going to play in the 2022 World Series. They are all in good shape. They have played each other twice this season. Bieber has been one of baseball's best pitchers during his five-year career. He has 831 strikeouts in 703 innings.

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