We like the Cleveland Guardians to defeat the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the NLCS on Thursday for a number of reasons. Here are some of the more important ones:

Cleveland may have lost the first two games of this series. But, they remain confident. The Guardians owned the best home record in the American League during the regular season.

Matthew Boyd will start for Cleveland today. He hasn't allowed a single run this postseason through two starts. Although he hasn't gone past the fifth inning yet, Boyd provides nothing but quality.

Clarke Schmidt gets the ball for the Yankees. He was mediocre in his outing vs. KC allowing two runs in 4.2 innings.

The Yankees are just 4-8 over their last 12 road games in October in the postseason.

The Guardians are 12-5 over their last 17 home games in October in the postseason.

We'll take Cleveland to bounce back on Thursday and make this series that much more interesting.

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