Cincinnati in motion towards Cleveland after Grey’s robust outing

Cincinnati Reds (14-15, fourth in NL Central) versus Cleveland Indians (17-13, first in AL Central)

Cleveland; Friday, 7:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Wade Miley (3-2, 2.67 ERA, .96 WHIP, 19 strikeouts) Indians: Zach Plesac (2-3, 4.78 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 24 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Indians -144, Reds +125; over / under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: Cincinnati goes into the matchup after a strong performance by Sonny Gray. Gray went seven innings and gave up zero runs on two hits with eight strikeouts against Chicago.

The Indians are 7-6 in home games in 2020. Cleveland has beaten .396 this season. Franmil Reyes leads the team with a slugging percentage of 0.626, including 16 extra base hits and eight home runs.

The reds are 4-8 on the way. Cincinnati has completed 43 home races this season, the second in the National League. Nick Castellanos leads the club with nine players, all twelve bats on average.

The Indians won the last meeting 6-3. Shane Bieber took his second win and Roberto Perez went 1-4 with a home run and three RBIs for Cleveland. Wade Miley recorded his first loss for Cincinnati.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Ramirez leads the Indians with 29 hits and has 18 RBIs.

Jesse Winker is second with the Reds with six home runs, beating 0.359.

LAST 10 MATCHES: Indians: 8-2, .226 batting average, 3.80 ERA, opponents exceeded by 11 runs

Red wines: 5-5, .214 batting average, 5.30 ERA, exceeded by 16 runs

INJURIES: Indians: Cam Hill: (right wrist), Roberto Perez: (finger).

Red: Michael Lorenzen: (shoulder), Brandon Bailey: (elbow), Nick Castellanos: (back), Aristides Aquino: (hand), Shogo Akiyama: (thigh), Joey Votto: (left thumb).

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The Associated Press created this story using Sportradar technology and data provided by Data Skrive.

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