Slade Cecconi has been one of the biggest bright spots of the entire Cleveland Guardians season, and the pitcher continues to get better and better with each start. Cecconi continued his strong season on Wednesday evening with a dominant start in Cleveland's 4-2 win over the Houston Astros.

Its Wednesday, July 9 and the Guardians (42-48) are in Houston to take on the Astros (55-37). Slade Cecconi is slated to take the mound for Cleveland against Brandon Walter for Houston. Walter and the Astros will be looking to avoid the sweep as Cleveland has taken the first two games of the series.

Angel Martinez and Jose Ramirez hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning in support of right-hander Slade Cecconi, who recorded a career-high nine strikeouts to lead the Cleveland Guardians to a 4-2 win over the host Houston Astros on Wednesday and a three-game series sweep.

After sweeping the Dodgers, the Astros found themselves swept by a Guardians squad that had lost 10 straight games entering the series.