TAMPA (Interstat) — The Cleveland Guardians will visit the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday for Game 6 of their playoff series at George Steinbrenner Field. Tampa Bay leads the series 3-2 and can clinch a berth in the next round at home. The Rays won the most recent meeting 3-1 in Cleveland and have taken the past two games. Cleveland is 90-82 this season, while Tampa Bay is 104-66. The forecast calls for 69 degrees at game time.

Cleveland lists Shawn Armstrong (2-1) and Freddy Peralta (11-11) as probable pitchers. Armstrong is a player to watch for the Guardians. He has not allowed an earned run in his past nine appearances, including 1.1 innings with one hit, 1.0 inning with no hits and one strikeout, and 1.2 innings with one hit and one strikeout in recent outings against Tampa Bay. Peralta remains listed as a probable option for Cleveland.

Tampa Bay’s player to watch is Drew Rasmussen. In his most recent outing against Cleveland, Rasmussen allowed one earned run and four hits over seven innings with one walk and six strikeouts in a win. He also pitched eight scoreless innings with one hit, two walks and 10 strikeouts against the New York Yankees in a recent start, and he struck out 11 over 6.2 innings at New York. Rasmussen has allowed three earned runs over 13 innings in two starts against Cleveland.

The Guardians’ most recent result was a 3-1 loss to Tampa Bay in Cleveland. Armstrong, Erik Sabrowski and Cade Smith each pitched scoreless relief in that game. Cleveland had won two of the first three games in the series before Tampa Bay responded with consecutive victories. The Rays’ most recent result also was the 3-1 win, backed by Rasmussen’s seven-inning start and scoreless relief from Bryan Baker and Tyler Wells.

Cleveland’s recent stretch includes a 2-0 win over the Chicago White Sox and 9-5 and 9-3 victories at Chicago, along with a 4-3 loss to the White Sox and a 3-0 loss to Chicago. The Guardians also lost 3-2 at Kansas City. Tampa Bay recently beat the Yankees 1-0, 5-2 and 4-3, and took two of three at Philadelphia, including wins of 12-1 and 2-0 around a 7-3 loss.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Tampa Bay to win 8-4. Interstat’s ELO system gives the Rays a 59.7 percent probability to win. Tampa Bay is a -1.5 pregame favorite, and the over-under is 6.5.