1:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Houston Astros at Kansas City Royals 1–6 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.130 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-2.2 mph · 0.6 mph
to 14 mph
- Temperature
- 82°F
- 74%
- 29.15 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 6 mph, In From RF.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Doug Fister HOU · RHP
Today: 6.2 , 8 H, 4 , 0 BB, 6 K, 98 pitches
79% 14% 6%
Four-seam20%
Sinker46%
Cutter13%
Curveball14%
Changeup6%
- 87.1 mph
- 13.5 in
- 14%
- 15% / 8%
- 33%
- 51%
- .318
- 1,373
- 19% · 20% vs RHP
| 190 | 20% | .228 | 18.4 in | |
| 216 | 14% | .376 | 19.6 in |
Ian Kennedy KC · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 3 H, 1 , 1 BB, 11 K, 105 pitches
64% 21% 15%
Four-seam57%
Sinker7%
Slider7%
Changeup15%
- 92.4 mph
- 17.4 in
- 21%
- 21% / 8%
- 38%
- 34%
- .319
- 1,398
- 24% · 25% vs RHP
| 214 | 14% | .355 | 15.0 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 | George Springer RF · R Power in carry conditions | 350 | 89.1 | 7.9° | 40% | 11% | 11% | 16 | .368 | .433 / .306 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 2 | Marwin Gonzalez 2B · S | 228 | 89.2 | 9.7° | 40% | 6% | 21% | 6 | .311 | .376 / .157 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Jose Altuve DH · R | 343 | 89.3 | 11.4° | 43% | 8% | 17% | 13 | .428 | .477 / .388 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Carlos Correa SS · R Power in carry conditions | 314 | 91.9 | 7.4° | 49% | 10% | 8% | 12 | .389 | .368 / .370 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Colby Rasmus LF · L | 282 | 89.6 | 17.6° | 42% | 9% | 24% | 10 | .338 | .413 / .292 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | AJ Reed 1B · L | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Carlos Gómez CF · R | 213 | 84.3 | 5.8° | 30% | 5% | 17% | 3 | .252 | .415 / .229 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Luis Valbuena 3B · L | 241 | 87.3 | 16.0° | 34% | 8% | 21% | 8 | .324 | .454 / .248 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Evan Gattis C · R | 211 | 89.1 | 12.2° | 32% | 7% | 12% | 11 | .280 | .249 / .397 | — | — | 2-3 1 HR |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 141 | 88.8 | 9.8° | 38% | 1% | 10% | 2 | .302 | .334 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 171 | 86.8 | 16.2° | 34% | 8% | 16% | 5 | .335 | — / .384 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 296 | 89.1 | 9.1° | 35% | 5% | 8% | 8 | .321 | .353 / .401 | — | — | 3-4 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer DH · L | 306 | 92.3 | 4.9° | 46% | 9% | 6% | 12 | .347 | .358 / .326 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R | 254 | 89.7 | 19.9° | 41% | 8% | 20% | 12 | .329 | .355 / .345 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Kendrys Morales 1B · S Power in carry conditions | 272 | 92.2 | 10.0° | 47% | 11% | 10% | 8 | .372 | .378 / .311 | — | — | 2-4 2 HR |
| 7 | Paulo Orlando RF · R | 176 | 87.5 | 11.2° | 35% | 5% | 6% | 1 | .328 | .351 / .321 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 335 | 84.2 | 7.9° | 20% | 1% | 7% | 1 | .260 | .218 / .265 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 162 | 87.5 | 8.6° | 34% | 2% | 12% | 6 | .245 | .258 / .222 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |