7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals 8–3 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.118 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+2.7 mph · 0.1 mph
to 14 mph
- Temperature
- 87°F
- 49%
- 28.99 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 9 mph, Out To CF.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Chris Sale BOS · LHP
Today: 8.1 , 4 H, 3 , 1 BB, 10 K, 110 pitches
46% 29% 25%
Four-seam34%
Sinker12%
Slider29%
Changeup25%
- 94.8 mph
- 13.7 in
- 31%
- 35% / 5%
- 31%
- 39%
- .250
- 1,517
- 21% · 20% vs LHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 531 | 33% | .264 | 13.5 in |
| 560 | 23% | .287 | 13.7 in | |
| 1,180 | 26% | .257 | 14.5 in |
Matt Strahm KC · LHP
Today: 3.0 , 7 H, 5 , 1 BB, 4 K, 75 pitches
86% 9% 5%
Four-seam73%
Cutter13%
Curveball9%
Changeup5%
- 94.0 mph
- 13.3 in
- 26%
- 26% / 17%
- 33%
- 46%
- .313
- 463
- 18% · 20% vs LHP
| 50 | 41% | .263 | 22.2 in | |
| 96 | 28% | .447 | 15.7 in |
| 136 | 33% | .228 | 19.3 in | |
| 96 | 28% | .447 | 15.7 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 | 308 | 88.8 | 14.2° | 39% | 5% | 15% | 12 | .348 | — / .345 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Chris Young LF · R | 139 | 87.4 | 12.5° | 37% | 3% | 20% | 3 | .327 | — / .316 | — | — | 3-5 |
| 3 | Xander Bogaerts SS · R | 286 | 87.2 | 7.6° | 26% | 1% | 11% | 4 | .282 | — / .283 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 4 | Hanley Ramirez DH · R Power in carry conditions | 240 | 89.1 | 10.9° | 36% | 10% | 18% | 9 | .348 | — / .347 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Jackie Bradley Jr. CF · L Power in carry conditions | 211 | 90.4 | 11.0° | 49% | 11% | 14% | 9 | .384 | — / .364 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Sam Travis 1B · R | 19 | 84.4 | -3.6° | 23% | 0% | 8% | 0 | .302 | — / — | — | — | 1-5 |
| 7 | Josh Rutledge 2B · R | 111 | 87.6 | 2.5° | 28% | 1% | 6% | 0 | .280 | — / .260 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Sandy León C · S | 141 | 83.5 | 14.0° | 29% | 4% | 15% | 4 | .278 | — / .258 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Deven Marrero 3B · R | 88 | 86.9 | 4.8° | 33% | 4% | 6% | 3 | .233 | — / .262 | — | — | 2-2 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 211 | 88.0 | 15.2° | 30% | 7% | 14% | 6 | .346 | .390 / .338 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 2 | Jorge Bonifacio RF · R | 192 | 89.5 | 13.5° | 45% | 9% | 16% | 9 | .351 | .384 / .423 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 3 | Brandon Moss LF · L Power in carry conditions | 167 | 88.5 | 17.6° | 35% | 13% | 28% | 9 | .309 | .223 / .394 | — | — | 1-2 |
| 4 | Travis Wood P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 5 | Drew Butera C · R | 64 | 88.6 | 21.0° | 24% | 0% | 12% | 2 | .238 | .266 / .279 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 6 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L Power in carry conditions | 267 | 87.3 | 16.1° | 33% | 10% | 25% | 18 | .345 | .419 / .348 | — | — | 1-3 1 HR |
| 7 | Cheslor Cuthbert 1B · R | 85 | 85.6 | 12.5° | 26% | 3% | 7% | 1 | .227 | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Ramón Torres SS · S | 15 | 84.2 | 8.8° | 15% | 0% | 0% | 0 | .275 | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 9 | Alex Gordon CF · L | 248 | 86.1 | 10.7° | 30% | 4% | 13% | 3 | .299 | .287 / .315 | — | — | 0-2 |