The Cleveland Guardians have split the first two games of their early-week series with the Arizona Diamondbacks, but they are 9.5 games out of first place in th

Messick, 24, the club’s No. 12 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, has impressed in Triple-A Columbus this season, posting a 3.47 ERA with 119 strikeouts across 98 2/3 innings in 20 starts.

PHOENIZ, Arizona (WKBN) – The Cleveland Guardians are promoting pitcher Parker Messick to the Major League roster. The left-hander will make his Major League debut in Wednesday’s series finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks at 3:40 p.m. ET.

The Diamondbacks tied up the series with a late night thriller of a victory, 6-5, over the Guardians. Cleveland falls to 1-4 over the last five games with the loss, while Arizona is 1-4 in that same span after the win. The rubber match is set and this is the final meeting of the season between the two.

(AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks and Cleveland Guardians play on Wednesday with the three-game series tied 1-1. Arizona has a 31-31 record in home games and a 61-66 record overall. Diamondbacks hitters are batting a collective .251, the eighth-best team batting average in MLB play.

Cleveland left-hander Parker Messick will make his major league debut in the heat of a playoff race. The Guardians announced they will promote Messick, their second-round pick in the 2022 draft, to start the final game of a three-game set against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday afternoon in Phoenix.

Guardians injured players made the trip over from the club's Arizona training complex in Goodyear for Monday's game.