1:10 PM CDT · U.S. Cellular Field
Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox 2–0 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.96Typical air
1.178 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+0.9 mph · 4.3 mph
to 13 mph
- Temperature
- 71°F
- 52%
- 29.57 inHg
- Elevation
- 595 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 5 mph, Out To RF.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Ian Kennedy KC · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 1 H, 0 , 4 BB, 6 K, 106 pitches
66% 22% 12%
Four-seam58%
Sinker8%
Slider8%
Changeup12%
- 92.7 mph
- 17.3 in
- 21%
- 23% / 7%
- 40%
- 35%
- .322
- 2,836
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 835 | 18% | .364 | 14.3 in | |
| 210 | 14% | .295 | 15.7 in |
Chris Sale CWS · LHP
Today: 8.0 , 8 H, 2 , 1 BB, 12 K, 118 pitches
57% 25% 18%
Sinker57%
Slider25%
Changeup18%
- 93.7 mph
- —
- 23%
- 25% / 5%
- 32%
- 41%
- .297
- 2,854
- 20% · 19% vs LHP
| 560 | 23% | .287 | 13.7 in | |
| 649 | 20% | .251 | 15.5 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 243 | 87.6 | 11.8° | 34% | 1% | 10% | 2 | .286 | .292 / — | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Paulo Orlando CF · R | 414 | 88.8 | 8.2° | 37% | 5% | 7% | 4 | .310 | .304 / .321 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 3 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 593 | 91.8 | 3.6° | 45% | 10% | 6% | 22 | .337 | .318 / .326 | — | — | 2-3 1 HR |
| 4 | Kendrys Morales DH · S | 536 | 92.7 | 11.2° | 51% | 12% | 13% | 26 | .393 | .372 / .311 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R | 487 | 88.9 | 19.0° | 37% | 7% | 18% | 20 | .294 | .318 / .345 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 436 | 87.5 | 15.1° | 37% | 9% | 17% | 15 | .331 | .331 / .384 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 441 | 89.1 | 11.5° | 38% | 2% | 13% | 10 | .268 | .285 / .222 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 612 | 83.5 | 9.1° | 18% | 1% | 9% | 5 | .263 | .253 / .265 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Adalberto Mondesi 2B · S | 128 | 87.0 | 7.8° | 35% | 6% | 14% | 1 | .227 | .219 / — | — | — | 1-1 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Eaton CF · L | 633 | 88.4 | 3.5° | 38% | 3% | 9% | 12 | .329 | .364 / .360 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 2 | Tim Anderson SS · R | 345 | 87.7 | 6.5° | 36% | 4% | 10% | 7 | .267 | .247 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 3 | Leury García PR · S | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 4 | José Abreu 1B · R | 607 | 89.8 | 10.3° | 40% | 9% | 9% | 23 | .348 | .378 / .370 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Justin Morneau DH · L | 175 | 89.6 | 11.6° | 33% | 5% | 23% | 5 | .286 | .372 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Todd Frazier 3B · R | 582 | 88.7 | 19.9° | 36% | 10% | 18% | 35 | .311 | .277 / .353 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Avisaíl García RF · R | 393 | 90.2 | 5.3° | 40% | 8% | 6% | 10 | .339 | .314 / .300 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Alex Avila C · L | 174 | 91.9 | 8.3° | 40% | 10% | 9% | 6 | .337 | .418 / .324 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 9 | Tyler Saladino 2B · R | 289 | 86.4 | 9.1° | 27% | 3% | 11% | 8 | .283 | .307 / .239 | — | — | 0-2 |