Padres visit the Guardians to start 3-game series

The Cleveland Guardians open a three-game series at home against the San Diego Padres on Friday night.

Cleveland is 30-11 at home and 58-37 overall. Guardians hitters have a collective .405 slugging percentage to rank sixth in the AL.

San Diego has gone 24-21 in road games and 50-49 overall. The Padres have the fifth-ranked team slugging percentage in the NL at .408.TOP PERFORMERS: Josh Naylor has 16 doubles, 22 home runs and 70 RBI while hitting .246 for the Guardians. Steven Kwan is 11-for-41 with a double and a home run over the past 10 games.

Jake Cronenworth has 19 doubles, two triples, 13 home runs and 55 RBI while hitting .257 for the Padres. Donovan Solano is 13-for-38 with four doubles over the past 10 games.Padres: 4-6, .263 batting average, 4.85 ERA, outscored by 15 runs INJURIES: Guardians: Sam Hentges: 15-Day IL , Matthew Boyd: 15-Day IL , Shane Bieber: 60-Day IL , Trevor Stephan: 60-Day IL , James Karinchak: 60-Day IL

Padres: Wandy Peralta: 15-Day IL , Joe Musgrove: 60-Day IL , Tom Cosgrove: 15-Day IL , Fernando Tatis Jr.: 10-Day IL , Luis Patino: 60-Day IL

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