7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals 4–8 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.98Typical air
1.195 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-7.0 mph · 2.6 mph
to 20 mph
- Temperature
- 58°F
- 63%
- 29.26 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 10 mph, In From RF.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Rick Porcello BOS · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 8 H, 4 , 2 BB, 3 K, 106 pitches
62% 22% 16%
Four-seam17%
Sinker45%
Slider11%
Curveball11%
Changeup16%
- 90.5 mph
- 16.0 in
- 18%
- 25% / 5%
- 37%
- 48%
- .308
- 733
- 19% · 19% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 530 | 16% | .319 | 19.0 in |
Yordano Ventura KC · RHP
Today: 5.2 , 7 H, 4 , 1 BB, 5 K, 88 pitches
50% 24% 26%
Four-seam31%
Sinker14%
Cutter5%
Curveball24%
Changeup26%
- 95.6 mph
- 18.4 in
- 20%
- 15% / 17%
- 32%
- 48%
- .356
- 668
- 19% · 19% vs RHP
| 96 | 22% | .254 | 11.5 in | |
| 180 | 14% | .354 | 14.5 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mookie Betts RF · R | 183 | 90.7 | 11.9° | 46% | 7% | 11% | 6 | .344 | — / .366 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Dustin Pedroia 2B · R | 169 | 88.9 | 9.0° | 30% | 2% | 10% | 6 | .301 | — / .283 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Xander Bogaerts SS · R | 172 | 90.8 | 4.4° | 42% | 8% | 10% | 4 | .361 | — / .362 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | David Ortiz DH · L | 148 | 95.4 | 15.8° | 54% | 25% | 24% | 10 | .495 | — / .517 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Hanley Ramirez 1B · R | 158 | 91.1 | 6.6° | 43% | 8% | 5% | 4 | .314 | — / .319 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 6 | Travis Shaw 3B · L | 156 | 87.9 | 17.6° | 33% | 7% | 12% | 5 | .328 | — / .344 | — | — | 3-4 1 HR |
| 7 | Jackie Bradley Jr. CF · L | 147 | 89.7 | 6.3° | 43% | 8% | 18% | 6 | .339 | — / .389 | — | — | 1-2 |
| 8 | Marco Hernández PH · L | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 9 | Brock Holt LF · L | 121 | 85.9 | 5.9° | 29% | 2% | 7% | 3 | .320 | — / .293 | — | — | 0-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 171 | 84.0 | 5.2° | 22% | 1% | 5% | 0 | .283 | — / .283 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 2 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 149 | 89.5 | 9.0° | 32% | 6% | 12% | 5 | .335 | — / .421 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 3 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 153 | 92.0 | 2.6° | 46% | 10% | 5% | 6 | .357 | — / .354 | — | — | 1-3 1 HR |
| 4 | Kendrys Morales DH · S | 154 | 92.4 | 12.1° | 46% | 13% | 9% | 5 | .392 | — / .336 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 148 | 87.0 | 16.3° | 36% | 9% | 12% | 4 | .345 | — / .421 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Salvador Perez C · R | 135 | 89.7 | 21.8° | 40% | 8% | 23% | 5 | .320 | — / .355 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 7 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 37 | 90.3 | 10.9° | 37% | 0% | 11% | 1 | .206 | — / .270 | — | — | 3-4 |
| 8 | Omar Infante 2B · R | 113 | 84.8 | 11.6° | 23% | 0% | 14% | 0 | .264 | — / .299 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Paulo Orlando RF · R | 48 | 87.8 | 14.2° | 31% | 6% | 9% | 0 | .299 | — / — | — | — | 3-4 1 HR |