7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals 0–1 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.95Typical air
1.159 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+5.4 mph · 3.0 mph
to 16 mph
- Temperature
- 69°F
- 73%
- 29.05 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 6 mph, L To R.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Justin Verlander DET · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 6 H, 1 , 1 BB, 5 K, 116 pitches
59% 36% 5%
Four-seam58%
Slider19%
Curveball17%
Changeup5%
- 95.0 mph
- 17.3 in
- 19%
- 22% / 11%
- 34%
- 30%
- .354
- 1,071
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 437 | 19% | .323 | 13.4 in |
| 294 | 21% | .286 | 11.9 in | |
| 769 | 22% | .292 | 12.3 in |
Eric Skoglund KC · LHP
Today: 6.1 , 2 H, 0 , 1 BB, 5 K, 90 pitches
Not enough pitches this season for a profile yet.
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Avila PH · L | 114 | 94.1 | 18.1° | 61% | 25% | 8% | 6 | .501 | — / .643 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 2 | Nick Castellanos 3B · R | 215 | 90.3 | 12.5° | 50% | 15% | 13% | 4 | .384 | — / .502 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Miguel Cabrera 1B · R | 163 | 93.2 | 11.8° | 59% | 13% | 12% | 5 | .423 | — / .426 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 4 | Victor Martinez DH · S | 192 | 89.2 | 13.1° | 35% | 5% | 8% | 4 | .345 | — / .303 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 5 | J.D. Martinez RF · R | 67 | 93.2 | 13.0° | 58% | 26% | 5% | 8 | .511 | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | Justin Upton LF · R | 196 | 88.4 | 14.5° | 43% | 14% | 16% | 9 | .356 | — / .335 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | John Hicks C · R | 37 | 88.0 | 8.9° | 41% | 17% | 10% | 2 | .361 | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Mikie Mahtook CF · R | 60 | 89.4 | 17.1° | 40% | 5% | 24% | 2 | .291 | — / .295 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 9 | Jose Iglesias SS · R | 152 | 81.8 | 11.1° | 18% | 1% | 16% | 2 | .259 | — / .233 | — | — | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 203 | 83.7 | 15.5° | 20% | 3% | 8% | 0 | .240 | .155 / .246 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L | 191 | 87.8 | 18.5° | 31% | 11% | 26% | 13 | .344 | — / .327 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 205 | 88.0 | 10.4° | 28% | 1% | 4% | 2 | .316 | .399 / .298 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 209 | 91.1 | 2.4° | 39% | 9% | 5% | 5 | .359 | .249 / .451 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R | 191 | 89.7 | 23.0° | 41% | 10% | 24% | 11 | .367 | — / .497 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | Jorge Bonifacio RF · R | 113 | 89.6 | 14.1° | 43% | 11% | 19% | 7 | .376 | — / .429 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 7 | Brandon Moss DH · L | 129 | 88.9 | 16.1° | 40% | 16% | 25% | 9 | .338 | — / .408 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 133 | 87.9 | 14.5° | 28% | 8% | 14% | 6 | .354 | .415 / .333 | — | — | 1-2 |
| 9 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 178 | 86.0 | 7.4° | 30% | 3% | 10% | 0 | .290 | .338 / .333 | — | — | 0-3 |