1:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals 1–2 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Jordan Zimmermann: breakers in thin air43% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
- Chris Young: breakers in thin air52% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.125 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+6.2 mph · 5.6 mph
to 21 mph
- Temperature
- 89°F
- 43%
- 29.26 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 9 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Jordan Zimmermann DET · RHP
Today: 8.0 , 4 H, 1 , 0 BB, 5 K, 93 pitches
54% 43% 3%
Four-seam54%
Slider31%
Curveball12%
Changeup3%
- 92.5 mph
- 16.8 in
- 16%
- 15% / 5%
- 35%
- 45%
- .307
- 1,221
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 313 | 12% | .284 | 9.5 in |
Chris Young KC · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 3 H, 1 , 1 BB, 7 K, 86 pitches
47% 52% 1%
Four-seam47%
Slider52%
Changeup1%
- 88.4 mph
- 22.5 in
- 23%
- 23% / 9%
- 41%
- 30%
- .384
- 833
- 22% · 23% vs RHP
| 182 | 23% | .403 | 10.7 in | |
| 53 | 18% | .545 | 9.1 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Romine CF · S | 52 | 84.4 | 3.5° | 26% | 3% | 21% | 0 | .299 | — / .345 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 2 | Ian Kinsler 2B · R | 300 | 86.6 | 19.2° | 31% | 5% | 21% | 14 | .333 | .270 / .345 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 3 | Miguel Cabrera 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 294 | 92.2 | 10.6° | 46% | 14% | 8% | 14 | .423 | .338 / .397 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 4 | Victor Martinez DH · S Power in carry conditions | 251 | 90.5 | 15.1° | 47% | 11% | 21% | 12 | .395 | — / .479 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 5 | Nick Castellanos 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 266 | 89.8 | 17.9° | 41% | 16% | 16% | 13 | .390 | .494 / .375 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 6 | Justin Upton LF · R Power in carry conditions | 267 | 89.8 | 16.7° | 43% | 11% | 15% | 6 | .300 | .351 / .291 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 7 | Steven Moya RF · L | 41 | 93.3 | 11.9° | 43% | 4% | 4% | 0 | .297 | — / .272 | — | — | 3-5 1 HR |
| 8 | James McCann C · R | 128 | 86.9 | 13.0° | 37% | 10% | 12% | 4 | .303 | — / .149 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 9 | Jose Iglesias SS · R | 231 | 81.8 | 6.6° | 19% | 1% | 9% | 2 | .276 | .210 / .267 | — | — | 0-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 118 | 88.6 | 9.4° | 34% | 1% | 11% | 2 | .305 | .345 / — | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 313 | 83.9 | 7.4° | 20% | 1% | 6% | 0 | .255 | .203 / .265 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 3 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 284 | 92.5 | 5.2° | 47% | 10% | 6% | 12 | .359 | .389 / .326 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 4 | Lorenzo Cain PR · R | 279 | 89.1 | 9.7° | 33% | 6% | 8% | 8 | .323 | .349 / .401 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 5 | Kendrys Morales DH · S Power in carry conditions | 258 | 92.0 | 9.8° | 47% | 11% | 9% | 8 | .369 | .370 / .311 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Paulo Orlando RF · R | 154 | 87.0 | 11.3° | 33% | 4% | 5% | 1 | .315 | .316 / .321 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Brett Eibner LF · R | 27 | 93.1 | 19.5° | 59% | 18% | 12% | 1 | .363 | .297 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 141 | 87.1 | 8.8° | 35% | 2% | 11% | 4 | .234 | .252 / .222 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 9 | Jarrod Dyson CF · L | 135 | 82.5 | 5.3° | 19% | 0% | 4% | 0 | .269 | .316 / .218 | — | — | 0-3 |