7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals 4–9 final
- Thin airAir density 0.90: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.90Thin air
1.096 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+0.4 mph · 1.1 mph
to 6 mph
- Temperature
- 96°F
- 37%
- 28.91 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 4 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Corey Kluber CLE · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 8 H, 5 , 1 BB, 7 K, 97 pitches
56% 37% 7%
Four-seam20%
Sinker36%
Slider22%
Curveball15%
Changeup7%
- 92.8 mph
- 16.0 in
- 25%
- 25% / 5%
- 32%
- 49%
- .286
- 1,276
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 81 | 33% | .157 | 12.5 in | |
| 501 | 24% | .284 | 13.2 in |
Ian Kennedy KC · RHP
Today: 6.2 , 5 H, 4 , 2 BB, 6 K, 113 pitches
63% 21% 16%
Four-seam56%
Sinker7%
Slider6%
Changeup16%
- 92.3 mph
- 17.6 in
- 21%
- 22% / 8%
- 37%
- 37%
- .314
- 1,213
- 21% · 19% vs RHP
| 101 | 9% | .423 | 14.9 in | |
| 210 | 14% | .295 | 15.7 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajai Davis LF · R | 227 | 86.5 | 12.5° | 33% | 3% | 12% | 6 | .279 | — / .271 | — | — | 1-3 1 HR |
| 2 | Jason Kipnis 2B · L | 276 | 89.0 | 15.1° | 40% | 5% | 15% | 8 | .339 | — / .311 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Francisco Lindor SS · S | 276 | 89.6 | 5.1° | 36% | 3% | 10% | 7 | .328 | — / .315 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 4 | Mike Napoli 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 253 | 90.5 | 16.2° | 42% | 14% | 16% | 14 | .330 | — / .351 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Carlos Santana DH · S | 279 | 90.3 | 15.0° | 42% | 8% | 19% | 13 | .367 | — / .369 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Lonnie Chisenhall RF · L | 148 | 86.1 | 13.1° | 24% | 4% | 11% | 2 | .317 | — / .266 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Yan Gomes C · R | 187 | 88.1 | 16.3° | 33% | 6% | 14% | 7 | .272 | — / .222 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Tyler Naquin CF · L | 103 | 89.9 | 5.0° | 48% | 6% | 11% | 4 | .310 | — / .297 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Michael Martinez 3B · S | 39 | 85.1 | 15.8° | 18% | 0% | 11% | 0 | .208 | — / — | — | — | 3-3 1 HR |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 97 | 89.8 | 9.9° | 39% | 1% | 11% | 2 | .298 | .349 / — | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 293 | 84.0 | 7.1° | 21% | 1% | 6% | 0 | .257 | .190 / .265 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 265 | 92.2 | 5.2° | 46% | 9% | 5% | 12 | .352 | .355 / .326 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 4 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 260 | 89.3 | 9.8° | 33% | 6% | 8% | 8 | .323 | .365 / .401 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez DH · R | 214 | 90.5 | 21.4° | 42% | 8% | 22% | 10 | .332 | .354 / .345 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 124 | 87.7 | 8.7° | 37% | 2% | 8% | 4 | .228 | .235 / .222 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 7 | Jarrod Dyson LF · L | 134 | 82.5 | 5.3° | 19% | 0% | 4% | 0 | .265 | .295 / .218 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 8 | Christian Colón 2B · R | 60 | 85.8 | 6.4° | 32% | 0% | 14% | 0 | .268 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Drew Butera C · R | 48 | 82.1 | 10.0° | 20% | 0% | 17% | 2 | .234 | — / — | — | — | 2-3 |