7:10 PM EDT · Comerica Park
Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers 2–4 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.94Typical air
1.157 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+5.9 mph · 3.4 mph
to 17 mph
- Temperature
- 75°F
- 60%
- 29.34 inHg
- Elevation
- 600 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 10 mph, Out To CF.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Ian Kennedy KC · RHP
Today: 5.1 , 4 H, 1 , 2 BB, 3 K, 100 pitches
64% 21% 15%
Four-seam56%
Sinker8%
Slider7%
Changeup15%
- 92.6 mph
- 17.4 in
- 22%
- 25% / 8%
- 38%
- 35%
- .313
- 1,701
- 22% · 23% vs RHP
| 319 | 18% | .323 | 14.4 in | |
| 210 | 14% | .295 | 15.7 in |
Justin Verlander DET · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 4 H, 1 , 2 BB, 10 K, 110 pitches
57% 32% 10%
Four-seam57%
Slider17%
Curveball15%
Changeup10%
- 93.4 mph
- 18.3 in
- 24%
- 25% / 7%
- 34%
- 37%
- .288
- 1,905
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 191 | 20% | .317 | 11.8 in | |
| 332 | 27% | .254 | 10.7 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 200 | 88.0 | 11.0° | 35% | 1% | 10% | 2 | .287 | .301 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 2 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 366 | 92.0 | 4.3° | 45% | 9% | 6% | 13 | .336 | .344 / .326 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 3 | Kendrys Morales DH · S | 328 | 92.2 | 11.8° | 48% | 12% | 14% | 15 | .391 | .386 / .311 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Salvador Perez C · R | 309 | 89.2 | 19.1° | 39% | 7% | 20% | 14 | .308 | .353 / .345 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 228 | 86.7 | 16.1° | 35% | 8% | 15% | 7 | .342 | .374 / .384 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 6 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 217 | 87.6 | 9.4° | 33% | 3% | 11% | 8 | .252 | .252 / .222 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Brett Eibner RF · R | 62 | 89.4 | 16.2° | 44% | 12% | 10% | 3 | .338 | .354 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 393 | 83.9 | 7.2° | 19% | 1% | 7% | 1 | .260 | .246 / .265 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Jarrod Dyson CF · L | 173 | 82.7 | 5.8° | 22% | 0% | 4% | 0 | .283 | .333 / .218 | — | — | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Kinsler 2B · R | 392 | 86.8 | 18.1° | 32% | 4% | 19% | 16 | .328 | .281 / .345 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 2 | Cameron Maybin CF · R | 200 | 86.6 | 1.6° | 29% | 1% | 5% | 2 | .285 | .256 / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 3 | Miguel Cabrera 1B · R | 381 | 92.0 | 10.5° | 46% | 14% | 9% | 18 | .415 | .377 / .397 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Victor Martinez DH · S | 338 | 90.2 | 15.5° | 45% | 10% | 21% | 17 | .377 | .414 / .479 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Andrew Romine 3B · S | 72 | 84.9 | 2.0° | 24% | 2% | 19% | 0 | .297 | — / .345 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 6 | Mike Aviles RF · R | 125 | 85.4 | 3.1° | 28% | 0% | 7% | 1 | .267 | .278 / .194 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 7 | James McCann C · R | 190 | 87.8 | 14.6° | 38% | 8% | 12% | 5 | .295 | .434 / .149 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Tyler Collins LF · L | 20 | 90.1 | 17.9° | 33% | 0% | 0% | 0 | .126 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 9 | Jose Iglesias SS · R | 308 | 82.2 | 8.3° | 20% | 1% | 9% | 3 | .269 | .163 / .267 | — | — | 2-3 |