7:10 PM EDT · Comerica Park
Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers 3–5 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.96Typical air
1.175 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+6.6 mph · 5.3 mph
to 19 mph
- Temperature
- 70°F
- 43%
- 29.39 inHg
- Elevation
- 600 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 10 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Matt Strahm KC · LHP
Today: 3.2 , 6 H, 5 , 0 BB, 4 K, 80 pitches
84% 9% 7%
Four-seam68%
Cutter16%
Curveball9%
Changeup7%
- 93.9 mph
- 13.1 in
- 26%
- 26% / 16%
- 32%
- 44%
- .314
- 538
- 22% · 21% vs LHP
| 125 | 30% | .293 | 21.5 in | |
| 96 | 28% | .447 | 15.7 in |
| 211 | 30% | .259 | 19.8 in | |
| 96 | 28% | .447 | 15.7 in |
Justin Verlander DET · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 9 H, 3 , 1 BB, 6 K, 111 pitches
58% 37% 6%
Four-seam57%
Slider19%
Curveball18%
Changeup6%
- 95.0 mph
- 17.1 in
- 19%
- 22% / 11%
- 38%
- 35%
- .346
- 1,588
- 20% · 21% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 547 | 20% | .294 | 13.4 in |
| 294 | 21% | .286 | 11.9 in | |
| 879 | 22% | .278 | 12.4 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 232 | 87.9 | 16.3° | 29% | 6% | 14% | 6 | .339 | .369 / .338 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Jorge Bonifacio RF · R | 212 | 89.6 | 15.3° | 44% | 9% | 16% | 11 | .354 | .378 / .423 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 3 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 306 | 89.1 | 11.5° | 34% | 5% | 10% | 10 | .343 | .381 / .335 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 309 | 91.3 | 2.3° | 42% | 10% | 5% | 9 | .362 | .330 / .447 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R | 269 | 89.9 | 21.1° | 41% | 10% | 23% | 15 | .366 | .308 / .484 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L | 282 | 87.3 | 15.8° | 33% | 10% | 24% | 19 | .340 | .411 / .348 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Brandon Moss DH · L | 176 | 88.3 | 17.9° | 35% | 12% | 27% | 9 | .303 | .240 / .394 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 300 | 84.1 | 15.5° | 21% | 3% | 10% | 1 | .241 | .198 / .257 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 259 | 86.2 | 11.6° | 30% | 4% | 13% | 3 | .296 | .281 / .315 | — | — | 0-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Kinsler 2B · R | 269 | 87.1 | 20.1° | 35% | 5% | 18% | 8 | .338 | — / .320 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Mikie Mahtook CF · R | 103 | 88.4 | 14.3° | 39% | 8% | 15% | 4 | .322 | — / .251 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 3 | Justin Upton LF · R | 294 | 89.2 | 16.4° | 44% | 13% | 16% | 14 | .374 | — / .353 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Miguel Cabrera 1B · R | 267 | 92.1 | 10.8° | 55% | 13% | 10% | 8 | .403 | — / .417 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 5 | J.D. Martinez RF · R | 166 | 93.7 | 13.6° | 57% | 20% | 9% | 12 | .458 | — / .442 | — | — | 2-3 1 HR |
| 6 | Andrew Romine 3B · S | 182 | 84.3 | 7.3° | 27% | 2% | 9% | 2 | .294 | — / .261 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Alex Avila DH · L | 186 | 93.7 | 17.4° | 61% | 20% | 7% | 10 | .479 | — / .558 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 8 | James McCann C · R | 155 | 88.4 | 17.7° | 37% | 12% | 19% | 8 | .341 | — / .328 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Jose Iglesias SS · R | 237 | 82.6 | 8.9° | 21% | 1% | 11% | 2 | .259 | — / .243 | — | — | 1-4 |