4:10 PM EDT · Progressive Field
Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians 5–2 final
- Wind in 11 mphWind blowing in from center field knocks fly balls down.
Conditions at first pitch
0.96Typical air
1.173 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-10.5 mph · 6.5 mph
to 24 mph
- Temperature
- 66°F
- 74%
- 29.19 inHg
- Elevation
- 653 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 9 mph, In From RF.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Jason Vargas KC · LHP
Today: 5.2 , 9 H, 2 , 2 BB, 2 K, 94 pitches
52% 19% 29%
Four-seam4%
Sinker48%
Changeup29%
- 86.2 mph
- 16.7 in
- 27%
- 23% / 6%
- 30%
- 36%
- .277
- 852
- 20% · 22% vs LHP
| 91 | 23% | .392 | 20.2 in | |
| 102 | 29% | .386 | 11.6 in |
| 143 | 23% | .346 | 18.2 in | |
| 102 | 29% | .386 | 11.6 in |
Danny Salazar CLE · RHP
Today: 5.1 , 6 H, 3 , 5 BB, 4 K, 102 pitches
56% 13% 31%
Four-seam30%
Sinker26%
Slider7%
Curveball6%
Changeup31%
- 95.0 mph
- 19.9 in
- 33%
- 33% / 11%
- 32%
- 36%
- .342
- 879
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 90 | 30% | .411 | 10.7 in | |
| 318 | 30% | .331 | 9.6 in |
| 390 | 25% | .289 | 9.1 in | |
| 798 | 26% | .330 | 9.9 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 189 | 83.7 | 16.4° | 21% | 3% | 9% | 0 | .240 | .155 / .246 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L | 177 | 87.6 | 18.0° | 31% | 11% | 27% | 12 | .337 | — / .327 | — | — | 3-4 1 HR |
| 3 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 192 | 88.1 | 10.9° | 30% | 1% | 5% | 2 | .314 | .399 / .298 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Cheslor Cuthbert 1B · R | 59 | 86.1 | 9.7° | 26% | 5% | 7% | 1 | .217 | — / — | — | — | 2-4 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R Wind toward pull side | 178 | 90.0 | 23.2° | 42% | 10% | 24% | 11 | .369 | — / .497 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Jorge Bonifacio RF · R | 102 | 88.9 | 12.9° | 41% | 10% | 20% | 6 | .383 | — / .429 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Brandon Moss DH · L | 122 | 89.4 | 15.2° | 43% | 17% | 25% | 9 | .343 | — / .408 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 8 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 122 | 87.6 | 13.2° | 28% | 7% | 15% | 5 | .349 | .415 / .333 | — | — | 1-2 |
| 9 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 167 | 86.1 | 8.4° | 31% | 3% | 11% | 0 | .294 | .338 / .333 | — | — | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Kipnis 2B · L | 126 | 87.2 | 17.5° | 35% | 6% | 16% | 4 | .280 | — / .163 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Francisco Lindor SS · S | 206 | 88.8 | 12.9° | 38% | 10% | 17% | 10 | .372 | .290 / .316 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 3 | Michael Brantley LF · L | 166 | 88.1 | 10.0° | 36% | 7% | 15% | 5 | .352 | .373 / .415 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 4 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 209 | 89.2 | 12.7° | 38% | 9% | 19% | 5 | .353 | .426 / .371 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 5 | Edwin Encarnación DH · R | 199 | 89.3 | 13.0° | 37% | 10% | 19% | 9 | .371 | .374 / .408 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 6 | José Ramírez 3B · S | 186 | 89.0 | 17.1° | 30% | 7% | 13% | 7 | .372 | .293 / .417 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Yan Gomes C · R | 117 | 88.5 | 17.0° | 40% | 8% | 10% | 4 | .331 | — / .399 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Austin Jackson CF · R | 39 | 88.2 | 13.7° | 32% | 12% | 5% | 1 | .346 | — / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Bradley Zimmer PH · L | 29 | 85.6 | 0.9° | 57% | 14% | 0% | 1 | .363 | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |