1:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals 4–5 final
- Thin airAir density 0.93: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Thin air
1.135 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+4.2 mph · 4.8 mph
to 15 mph
- Temperature
- 83°F
- 41%
- 29.20 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 4 mph, L To R.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Chris Sale CWS · LHP
Today: 7.0 , 7 H, 2 , 2 BB, 7 K, 118 pitches
54% 24% 22%
Sinker54%
Slider24%
Changeup22%
- 93.7 mph
- —
- 20%
- 25% / 5%
- 29%
- 42%
- .261
- 1,052
- 19% · 19% vs LHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 649 | 20% | .251 | 15.5 in |
Edinson Volquez KC · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 7 H, 3 , 1 BB, 5 K, 102 pitches
54% 25% 22%
Four-seam12%
Sinker42%
Changeup22%
- 94.0 mph
- 15.3 in
- 19%
- 18% / 8%
- 33%
- 53%
- .305
- 1,021
- 21% · 20% vs RHP
| 103 | 26% | .271 | 18.5 in | |
| 202 | 16% | .297 | 14.5 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Eaton CF · L | 224 | 89.6 | 2.4° | 41% | 3% | 4% | 3 | .337 | .404 / .360 | — | — | 3-4 |
| 2 | Jerry Sands RF · R | 54 | 86.5 | 0.3° | 29% | 4% | 7% | 1 | .234 | — / .309 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 3 | Todd Frazier 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 212 | 88.1 | 23.2° | 36% | 12% | 20% | 15 | .350 | .586 / .353 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Melky Cabrera LF · S | 208 | 89.9 | 9.5° | 38% | 3% | 13% | 4 | .340 | .339 / .360 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | José Abreu 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 217 | 89.2 | 9.4° | 39% | 11% | 7% | 6 | .334 | .321 / .370 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Brett Lawrie 2B · R Power in carry conditions | 204 | 88.6 | 19.4° | 38% | 11% | 15% | 6 | .316 | .299 / .307 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Dioner Navarro C · S | 111 | 87.1 | 9.9° | 30% | 1% | 19% | 2 | .258 | — / .257 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 8 | Avisaíl García DH · R | 152 | 88.1 | 6.8° | 37% | 10% | 8% | 5 | .338 | .251 / .300 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Tyler Saladino SS · R | 67 | 87.3 | 8.8° | 24% | 2% | 9% | 2 | .258 | — / .239 | — | — | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 222 | 84.6 | 5.9° | 22% | 1% | 5% | 0 | .273 | .158 / .279 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 32 | 91.9 | 9.7° | 43% | 0% | 4% | 0 | .299 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 198 | 89.1 | 8.7° | 33% | 5% | 9% | 6 | .321 | — / .428 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 200 | 92.1 | 4.6° | 47% | 11% | 5% | 9 | .352 | — / .322 | — | — | 3-4 |
| 5 | Jarrod Dyson DH · L | 99 | 82.4 | 6.3° | 18% | 0% | 5% | 0 | .284 | — / .243 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 6 | Paulo Orlando RF · R | 85 | 89.7 | 10.2° | 40% | 5% | 8% | 1 | .359 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Brett Eibner LF · R | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 2-3 |
| 8 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 68 | 88.3 | 9.1° | 37% | 2% | 10% | 1 | .205 | — / .243 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Drew Butera C · R | 21 | 84.2 | 8.8° | 28% | 0% | 6% | 0 | .179 | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |