7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Houston Astros at Kansas City Royals 6–1 final
- Thin airAir density 0.93: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Lance McCullers Jr.: breakers in thin air47% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
- Jason Hammel: breakers in thin air43% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Thin air
1.138 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+3.7 mph · 1.5 mph
to 10 mph
- Temperature
- 78°F
- 48%
- 28.99 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 7 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Lance McCullers Jr. HOU · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 2 H, 1 , 2 BB, 8 K, 91 pitches
41% 47% 12%
Four-seam34%
Sinker7%
Changeup12%
- 94.3 mph
- 10.7 in
- 27%
- 28% / 7%
- 29%
- 63%
- .269
- 1,135
- 20% · 21% vs RHP
| 90 | 24% | .298 | 12.9 in | |
| 275 | 22% | .340 | 13.1 in |
| 90 | 24% | .298 | 12.9 in | |
| 457 | 21% | .335 | 14.7 in |
Jason Hammel KC · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 4 H, 1 , 0 BB, 4 K, 85 pitches
51% 43% 6%
Four-seam20%
Sinker31%
Slider36%
Curveball7%
Changeup6%
- 91.8 mph
- 17.6 in
- 19%
- 18% / 9%
- 34%
- 34%
- .361
- 1,002
- 18% · 18% vs RHP
| 203 | 14% | .433 | 5.2 in | |
| 193 | 22% | .332 | 7.0 in |
| 556 | 16% | .411 | 7.4 in | |
| 470 | 24% | .322 | 9.1 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Springer RF · R Power in carry conditions | 250 | 89.1 | 5.7° | 39% | 12% | 12% | 16 | .389 | — / .379 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 2 | Josh Reddick LF · L | 216 | 86.1 | 17.6° | 26% | 4% | 15% | 6 | .348 | — / .367 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Jose Altuve 2B · R | 258 | 86.9 | 7.6° | 29% | 6% | 9% | 8 | .332 | — / .378 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Carlos Correa SS · R | 242 | 90.6 | 9.8° | 45% | 8% | 7% | 11 | .397 | — / .400 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Brian McCann C · L | 156 | 88.2 | 9.2° | 40% | 6% | 18% | 8 | .361 | — / .447 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 6 | Evan Gattis DH · R | 148 | 89.0 | 18.7° | 35% | 5% | 18% | 4 | .354 | — / .323 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Yuli Gurriel 1B · R | 202 | 90.1 | 11.3° | 40% | 4% | 17% | 6 | .302 | — / .207 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Alex Bregman 3B · R | 225 | 88.1 | 16.1° | 34% | 4% | 14% | 6 | .324 | — / .338 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Jake Marisnick CF · R Power in carry conditions | 90 | 86.9 | 14.4° | 40% | 13% | 20% | 6 | .314 | — / .124 | — | — | 1-1 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 166 | 88.9 | 14.3° | 31% | 7% | 15% | 6 | .365 | .442 / .333 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 2 | Jorge Bonifacio RF · R Power in carry conditions | 147 | 90.8 | 14.1° | 48% | 11% | 18% | 8 | .372 | .414 / .429 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 3 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 239 | 88.4 | 10.7° | 31% | 3% | 5% | 4 | .329 | .409 / .298 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 242 | 91.1 | 2.0° | 40% | 9% | 5% | 5 | .357 | .303 / .451 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L Power in carry conditions | 220 | 87.9 | 17.3° | 33% | 11% | 26% | 15 | .355 | .488 / .327 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 6 | Brandon Moss DH · L Power in carry conditions | 147 | 89.2 | 17.5° | 39% | 14% | 26% | 9 | .315 | .212 / .408 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 203 | 86.3 | 8.5° | 30% | 3% | 10% | 1 | .301 | .346 / .333 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 237 | 83.8 | 15.4° | 21% | 2% | 9% | 0 | .232 | .160 / .246 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 9 | Drew Butera C · R | 48 | 89.0 | 19.8° | 26% | 0% | 9% | 2 | .205 | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |