6:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Houston Astros at Kansas City Royals 13–5 final
- Thin airAir density 0.90: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Wind out 11 mphWind blowing out toward center field helps fly balls carry.
- Chris Young: breakers in thin air52% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.90Thin air
1.108 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+10.9 mph · 5.4 mph
to 26 mph
- Temperature
- 92°F
- 43%
- 29.03 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 17 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Mike Fiers HOU · RHP
Today: 4.1 , 9 H, 2 , 3 BB, 1 K, 94 pitches
55% 24% 21%
Four-seam44%
Cutter11%
Slider9%
Curveball15%
Changeup21%
- 90.1 mph
- 20.3 in
- 20%
- 16% / 4%
- 39%
- 44%
- .343
- 1,242
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 85 | 13% | .264 | 13.7 in | |
| 246 | 14% | .391 | 20.3 in |
Chris Young KC · RHP
Today: 2.1 , 7 H, 7 , 4 BB, 2 K, 67 pitches
47% 52% 1%
Four-seam47%
Slider52%
Changeup1%
- 88.4 mph
- 22.4 in
- 24%
- 24% / 9%
- 41%
- 29%
- .374
- 919
- 24% · 25% vs RHP
| 268 | 25% | .360 | 10.3 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 | George Springer RF · R Power in carry conditions | 344 | 89.4 | 8.0° | 40% | 11% | 11% | 16 | .369 | .450 / .306 | — | — | 0-6 |
| 2 | Marwin Gonzalez 1B · S | 221 | 89.2 | 9.0° | 40% | 5% | 20% | 5 | .306 | .349 / .157 | — | — | 2-6 1 HR |
| 3 | Danny Worth 2B · R | 24 | 87.9 | 18.1° | 29% | 0% | 16% | 0 | .219 | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 4 | Carlos Correa SS · R | 309 | 91.7 | 7.2° | 48% | 9% | 8% | 11 | .384 | .317 / .370 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Colby Rasmus LF · L | 277 | 89.8 | 17.4° | 42% | 9% | 24% | 10 | .337 | .412 / .292 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 6 | AJ Reed DH · L | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-2 |
| 7 | Jake Marisnick CF · R | 112 | 86.3 | 12.0° | 36% | 6% | 18% | 1 | .287 | — / .214 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 8 | Luis Valbuena 3B · L | 236 | 87.1 | 15.8° | 32% | 7% | 20% | 8 | .310 | .323 / .248 | — | — | 3-4 |
| 9 | Jason Castro C · L Power in carry conditions | 195 | 91.5 | 9.1° | 50% | 14% | 12% | 6 | .351 | .391 / .353 | — | — | 2-5 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 136 | 88.7 | 10.1° | 36% | 1% | 10% | 2 | .296 | .325 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 166 | 86.8 | 16.4° | 33% | 8% | 15% | 4 | .329 | — / .384 | — | — | 2-5 1 HR |
| 3 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 291 | 88.9 | 9.2° | 33% | 5% | 8% | 8 | .318 | .340 / .401 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 301 | 92.5 | 5.3° | 47% | 9% | 6% | 12 | .348 | .368 / .326 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R | 249 | 89.8 | 19.6° | 42% | 8% | 21% | 12 | .327 | .347 / .345 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 6 | Drew Butera P · R | 53 | 82.4 | 9.3° | 21% | 0% | 16% | 2 | .224 | — / — | — | — | 1-1 |
| 7 | Paulo Orlando RF · R | 171 | 87.2 | 11.5° | 34% | 5% | 6% | 1 | .324 | .340 / .321 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 330 | 84.1 | 7.9° | 20% | 1% | 7% | 1 | .260 | .218 / .265 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 9 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 158 | 87.5 | 8.5° | 35% | 2% | 12% | 6 | .244 | .256 / .222 | — | — | 2-4 |