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10/20 Cleveland vs Tampa Bay

Cleveland starting pitcher: Tanner Bibee Tampa Bay starting pitcher: Freddy Peralta

This is Game 6 of the AL Championship Series, a best-of-seven. Tampa Bay leads 3 wins to 2 and plays at home at Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay won 98 and lost 64 in the regular season, Cleveland went 85-77, and Tampa Bay took the season series 8-3. Weather data is not available.

Bibee is 7-15 with a 4.44 ERA and a 4.55 FIP, so his results roughly match his process. His SwStr% is 10.2% and CSW% is 26.9%. Over his last five starts he has a 4.29 FIP across 22.0 innings, but allowed 18 runs with a .361 BABIP and a 56.6% LOB%, so the results ran worse than the underlying numbers. His average velocity rose from 93.2-93.9 in September to 96 on Oct. 9, though that came in only 0.1 inning. Against Tampa Bay he has a 3.27 ERA and 2.47 FIP over 11 innings, with a .382 BABIP, and lost both starts.

Peralta is 11-11 with a 4.19 ERA and 4.27 FIP, with an 11.1% SwStr% and 24.3% CSW%. In his last five he allowed 2 runs in 22.1 innings with a 3.33 FIP, but his LOB% was 97.5%, his BABIP .230 and his CSW% only 21.4%, so the results look better than the process. His average velocity climbed from 96.4 to 97.5. He has a 3.24 ERA at home versus 5.38 on the road. Against Cleveland he has a 0 ERA over 6.2 innings, including 6.0 scoreless innings on Oct. 14 and 0.2 innings on Oct. 18.

Both lineups are unconfirmed, so these are based on each team's previous game. Cleveland has a 98.8 team wRC+ and hit .237/.287 over the last five games. Chase DeLauter (.353/.476) and Jose Ramirez (.368/.429) are hot, while Jo Adell (.111) is cold. Against Peralta, Steven Kwan is 1-for-4 and Ramirez 1-for-3, both tiny samples. Tampa Bay has a 107.3 team wRC+ and hit .244/.283 recently. Junior Caminero hit 42 home runs but is at .200 over the last five. Versus Bibee, Yandy Diaz is 3-for-7, Chandler Simpson 3-for-5 and Jorge Mateo 2-for-2.

Cleveland's bullpen has a 2.67 ERA over its last 10 games versus 3.11 for Tampa Bay. Cleveland has used 19 innings across 10 pitchers recently, against 9.7 innings and 7 pitchers for Tampa Bay.

In summary, this is a contrast between a starter whose results trailed his process and one whose results ran ahead of it. Peralta's rising velocity and home splits, along with the BABIP gap in Bibee's Tampa Bay starts, are the swing factors. Cleveland's bullpen workload and both lineups' recent form will be key.