7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals 8–4 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.131 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-4.3 mph · 2.9 mph
to 12 mph
- Temperature
- 84°F
- 46%
- 29.18 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 8 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Michael Wacha STL · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 9 H, 3 , 1 BB, 4 K, 99 pitches
71% 9% 20%
Four-seam51%
Cutter20%
Curveball9%
Changeup20%
- 93.9 mph
- 18.8 in
- 18%
- 20% / 9%
- 33%
- 46%
- .318
- 1,422
- 19% · 20% vs RHP
| 112 | 26% | .255 | 14.3 in | |
| 284 | 11% | .368 | 16.8 in |
Yordano Ventura KC · RHP
Today: 5.1 , 7 H, 7 , 3 BB, 4 K, 98 pitches
57% 25% 18%
Four-seam29%
Sinker25%
Cutter4%
Curveball25%
Changeup18%
- 96.4 mph
- 17.5 in
- 18%
- 17% / 10%
- 38%
- 47%
- .347
- 1,316
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 197 | 21% | .257 | 12.7 in | |
| 180 | 14% | .354 | 14.5 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Carpenter 2B · L Power in carry conditions | 315 | 90.6 | 16.4° | 44% | 12% | 26% | 13 | .429 | .284 / .483 | — | — | 2-3 1 HR |
| 2 | Brandon Moss 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 223 | 89.0 | 19.8° | 43% | 13% | 26% | 16 | .370 | .430 / .429 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 3 | Matt Holliday DH · R | 280 | 93.3 | 6.9° | 51% | 9% | 8% | 15 | .372 | .417 / .333 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 4 | Stephen Piscotty RF · R | 306 | 87.4 | 11.4° | 35% | 9% | 11% | 8 | .354 | .395 / .422 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Tommy Pham CF · R | 22 | 90.6 | 9.8° | 42% | 17% | 8% | 2 | .334 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 6 | Jhonny Peralta 3B · R | 71 | 86.7 | 14.9° | 30% | 6% | 24% | 2 | .271 | .223 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Yadier Molina C · R | 282 | 87.9 | 7.8° | 28% | 3% | 11% | 1 | .323 | .295 / .397 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Kolten Wong LF · L | 171 | 86.4 | 11.3° | 26% | 2% | 12% | 1 | .284 | — / .254 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Greg Garcia SS · L | 53 | 85.0 | 10.1° | 30% | 10% | 23% | 2 | .435 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield LF · R | 150 | 88.8 | 10.4° | 38% | 1% | 11% | 2 | .297 | .322 / — | — | — | 0-5 |
| 2 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 343 | 84.2 | 7.9° | 19% | 1% | 7% | 1 | .263 | .235 / .265 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 3 | Alex Gordon PH · L | 179 | 86.9 | 15.4° | 33% | 8% | 15% | 5 | .328 | .343 / .384 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 314 | 92.3 | 4.6° | 47% | 9% | 6% | 12 | .345 | .350 / .326 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 5 | Kendrys Morales DH · S Power in carry conditions | 280 | 92.3 | 10.3° | 48% | 11% | 11% | 10 | .384 | .426 / .311 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 6 | Paulo Orlando RF · R | 184 | 87.4 | 11.1° | 35% | 5% | 5% | 1 | .326 | .341 / .321 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 170 | 87.4 | 9.0° | 34% | 2% | 12% | 7 | .247 | .260 / .222 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Christian Colón 2B · R | 67 | 85.8 | 4.5° | 30% | 0% | 12% | 0 | .260 | .295 / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Drew Butera C · R | 54 | 82.8 | 9.7° | 23% | 0% | 18% | 2 | .226 | .182 / — | — | — | 1-3 |