1:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals 4–6 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Wind out 12 mphWind blowing out toward center field helps fly balls carry.
- Drew Pomeranz: breakers in thin air40% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.109 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+11.6 mph · 4.9 mph
to 28 mph
- Temperature
- 91°F
- 39%
- 28.96 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 18 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Drew Pomeranz BOS · LHP
Today: 6.1 , 6 H, 2 , 1 BB, 5 K, 93 pitches
59% 40% 1%
Four-seam55%
Cutter4%
- 91.1 mph
- 19.3 in
- 23%
- 27% / 8%
- 40%
- 44%
- .312
- 1,207
- 21% · 20% vs LHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 438 | 30% | .262 | 17.6 in |
| 230 | 31% | .203 | 15.8 in | |
| 1,107 | 25% | .280 | 18.0 in |
Ian Kennedy KC · RHP
Today: 4.2 , 3 H, 2 , 3 BB, 4 K, 89 pitches
61% 25% 14%
Four-seam34%
Sinker26%
Slider11%
Changeup14%
- 92.2 mph
- 19.4 in
- 21%
- 20% / 11%
- 36%
- 40%
- .352
- 1,091
- 18% · 18% vs RHP
| 94 | 18% | .333 | 10.6 in | |
| 344 | 22% | .337 | 11.4 in |
| 929 | 18% | .361 | 13.9 in | |
| 554 | 19% | .321 | 13.0 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 | 313 | 88.7 | 14.6° | 38% | 4% | 15% | 12 | .346 | — / .345 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 2 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 285 | 87.5 | 14.4° | 30% | 5% | 14% | 9 | .336 | — / .342 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 3 | Xander Bogaerts SS · R | 292 | 87.1 | 7.6° | 27% | 1% | 11% | 4 | .284 | — / .283 | — | — | 1-2 1 HR |
| 4 | Mitch Moreland 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 269 | 89.6 | 12.2° | 40% | 13% | 12% | 9 | .385 | — / .395 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 5 | Chris Young DH · R | 144 | 87.5 | 13.1° | 38% | 3% | 20% | 3 | .330 | — / .316 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Jackie Bradley Jr. CF · L Power in carry conditions | 216 | 90.4 | 10.6° | 49% | 11% | 13% | 9 | .379 | — / .364 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Josh Rutledge 2B · R | 115 | 87.7 | 2.4° | 28% | 1% | 6% | 0 | .277 | — / .260 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Christian Vázquez C · R | 129 | 85.2 | 4.8° | 25% | 2% | 10% | 0 | .271 | — / .251 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Hanley Ramirez PH · R Power in carry conditions | 245 | 89.1 | 10.8° | 36% | 10% | 18% | 9 | .346 | — / .347 | — | — | 0-1 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 215 | 87.8 | 15.6° | 30% | 7% | 13% | 6 | .344 | .374 / .338 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 2 | Kelvin Herrera P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 3 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 290 | 89.2 | 10.8° | 34% | 5% | 10% | 10 | .349 | .397 / .335 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 293 | 91.6 | 2.2° | 42% | 10% | 4% | 8 | .364 | .326 / .447 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R | 253 | 89.6 | 21.0° | 40% | 9% | 23% | 14 | .363 | .267 / .484 | — | — | 3-3 1 HR |
| 6 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L Power in carry conditions | 270 | 87.4 | 16.1° | 34% | 11% | 25% | 19 | .349 | .439 / .348 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 251 | 86.2 | 10.7° | 31% | 4% | 13% | 3 | .299 | .288 / .315 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 285 | 84.1 | 14.6° | 22% | 3% | 10% | 1 | .241 | .191 / .257 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Ramón Torres 2B · S | 16 | 84.9 | 9.9° | 14% | 0% | 0% | 0 | .276 | — / — | — | — | 0-2 |