Los Angeles Angels – Cleveland Guardians

Cleveland has won six consecutive games and the first two games of the series. The Angels are coming off three consecutive losses. However, Grayson Rodriguez posted a 3.27 ERA over his four August starts.

Cleveland leads 5-0 in head-to-head matchups in 2026 and won the first two games of the series. The Angels have also lost seven consecutive head-to-head matchups according to the history consulted.

Overall history: Angels 341 wins, Cleveland 347; in 2025, the teams had split their six games.

Cleveland: Rhys Hoskins, Slade Cecconi, and Shawn Armstrong are unavailable; Chase DeLauter is listed as day-to-day. Los Angeles: Anthony Rendon, Robert Stephenson, Yoán Moncada, Sebastián Rivero, Nolan Schanuel, Wade Meckler, and Samy Natera Jr. are among the absentees or players on the injured list; Gustavo Campero is being monitored for a hamstring issue.

No recent suspension has been reported.

Match scheduled at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on August 26 at 20:08 UTC. Cleveland has a 67-66 record versus 52-81 for Los Angeles.

Probable pitchers: Joey Cantillo for Cleveland, 9-7 with a 3.73 ERA, and Grayson Rodriguez for the Angels, 4-5 with a 6.41 ERA. Cantillo has allowed only one earned run in each of his last three starts.

Lineups not yet published

The actual odds imply a raw probability of approximately 43.5% for the Angels and 56.8% for Cleveland, representing an overround of approximately 0.3%. The de-vigged market consensus baseline is not provided, so no reliable value can be determined.

Sharp lines are close to the actual odds: Angels at 2.3 with Betfair versus 2.3 with Matchbook; Cleveland at 1.75 with Pinnacle versus 1.76 with 1xBet.