7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals 2–4 final
- Thin airAir density 0.93: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Jason Hammel: breakers in thin air44% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Thin air
1.136 kg/m³ at first pitch.
0.0 mph · 2.2 mph
to 11 mph
- Temperature
- 80°F
- 54%
- 29.08 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 5 mph, L To R.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Hector Velázquez BOS · RHP
Today: 5.1 , 5 H, 2 , 0 BB, 3 K, 77 pitches
68% 21% 11%
Four-seam49%
Sinker19%
Slider16%
Curveball5%
Changeup11%
- 89.2 mph
- 14.8 in
- 16%
- 17% / 9%
- 42%
- 54%
- .415
- 151
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 101 | 14% | .503 | 6.8 in |
Jason Hammel KC · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 7 H, 2 , 0 BB, 4 K, 91 pitches
51% 44% 5%
Four-seam21%
Sinker29%
Slider36%
Curveball8%
Changeup5%
- 91.9 mph
- 17.6 in
- 18%
- 17% / 8%
- 34%
- 35%
- .350
- 1,185
- 18% · 18% vs RHP
| 288 | 13% | .392 | 6.0 in | |
| 291 | 22% | .316 | 8.3 in |
| 641 | 15% | .396 | 7.5 in | |
| 568 | 24% | .315 | 9.3 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mookie Betts RF · R | 303 | 88.8 | 14.2° | 39% | 5% | 15% | 12 | .351 | — / .345 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 2 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 280 | 87.4 | 14.2° | 30% | 5% | 14% | 9 | .335 | — / .342 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 3 | Xander Bogaerts SS · R | 281 | 87.0 | 7.4° | 26% | 1% | 11% | 4 | .278 | — / .283 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 4 | Mitch Moreland 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 264 | 89.5 | 11.9° | 40% | 13% | 12% | 9 | .382 | — / .395 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Hanley Ramirez DH · R Power in carry conditions | 236 | 89.5 | 10.3° | 36% | 10% | 18% | 9 | .342 | — / .347 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 6 | Jackie Bradley Jr. CF · L Power in carry conditions | 207 | 90.3 | 10.7° | 49% | 11% | 12% | 8 | .377 | — / .364 | — | — | 3-4 1 HR |
| 7 | Josh Rutledge 2B · R | 107 | 87.6 | 2.9° | 29% | 1% | 6% | 0 | .283 | — / .260 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Sandy León C · S | 141 | 83.5 | 14.0° | 29% | 4% | 15% | 4 | .278 | — / .258 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 9 | Christian Vázquez 3B · R | 125 | 85.3 | 5.4° | 26% | 2% | 10% | 0 | .276 | — / .251 | — | — | 0-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 207 | 87.9 | 15.7° | 30% | 7% | 14% | 6 | .349 | .413 / .338 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 2 | Salvador Perez C · R | 250 | 89.6 | 21.2° | 40% | 9% | 24% | 14 | .366 | .292 / .484 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 3 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 284 | 89.3 | 10.8° | 34% | 5% | 9% | 10 | .348 | .399 / .335 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 286 | 91.5 | 2.2° | 42% | 9% | 5% | 7 | .358 | .275 / .447 | — | — | 1-2 1 HR |
| 5 | Mike Moustakas DH · L Power in carry conditions | 263 | 87.7 | 16.8° | 34% | 11% | 25% | 18 | .347 | .446 / .348 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 81 | 85.6 | 11.4° | 28% | 4% | 7% | 1 | .222 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 279 | 84.0 | 14.7° | 21% | 3% | 10% | 1 | .239 | .168 / .257 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 244 | 86.3 | 10.3° | 30% | 4% | 13% | 3 | .303 | .319 / .315 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Ramón Torres 2B · S | 14 | 83.5 | 11.1° | 17% | 0% | 0% | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |