7:10 PM EDT · Comerica Park
Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers 8–2 final
- Wind in 10 mphWind blowing in from center field knocks fly balls down.
Conditions at first pitch
0.95Typical air
1.160 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-9.6 mph · 7.7 mph
to 26 mph
- Temperature
- 75°F
- 48%
- 29.33 inHg
- Elevation
- 600 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Overcast, wind 14 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Ian Kennedy KC · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 5 H, 2 , 1 BB, 5 K, 94 pitches
61% 24% 15%
Four-seam35%
Sinker26%
Slider11%
Changeup15%
- 92.2 mph
- 19.3 in
- 20%
- 20% / 11%
- 37%
- 38%
- .355
- 1,180
- 22% · 22% vs RHP
| 183 | 15% | .360 | 10.5 in | |
| 344 | 22% | .337 | 11.4 in |
| 1,018 | 18% | .363 | 13.6 in | |
| 554 | 19% | .321 | 13.0 in |
Daniel Norris DET · LHP
Today: 3.2 , 8 H, 5 , 1 BB, 3 K, 65 pitches
54% 32% 13%
Four-seam53%
Sinker1%
Slider23%
Curveball9%
Changeup13%
- 93.3 mph
- 17.2 in
- 22%
- 21% / 10%
- 37%
- 40%
- .339
- 1,423
- 21% · 20% vs LHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 307 | 26% | .374 | 9.1 in |
| 181 | 26% | .264 | 9.6 in | |
| 402 | 23% | .389 | 9.6 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 | 237 | 88.0 | 16.2° | 29% | 6% | 13% | 6 | .341 | .369 / .338 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Jorge Bonifacio RF · R | 217 | 89.5 | 15.2° | 44% | 9% | 17% | 11 | .350 | .378 / .423 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 3 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 310 | 89.2 | 11.2° | 34% | 5% | 9% | 10 | .343 | .381 / .335 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 313 | 91.1 | 2.4° | 41% | 9% | 5% | 9 | .362 | .330 / .447 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R Wind toward pull side | 273 | 89.8 | 21.2° | 41% | 11% | 23% | 15 | .369 | .308 / .484 | — | — | 2-5 1 HR |
| 6 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L | 286 | 87.2 | 15.6° | 33% | 10% | 24% | 19 | .339 | .411 / .348 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 7 | Jorge Soler DH · R | 65 | 87.4 | 22.0° | 31% | 6% | 18% | 1 | .247 | — / .153 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 304 | 84.1 | 15.4° | 20% | 3% | 11% | 1 | .245 | .198 / .257 | — | — | 3-4 |
| 9 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 263 | 86.3 | 11.7° | 30% | 4% | 13% | 3 | .293 | .281 / .315 | — | — | 2-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Kinsler 2B · R | 273 | 87.1 | 20.5° | 35% | 5% | 18% | 8 | .334 | — / .320 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 2 | Alex Avila C · L | 187 | 93.8 | 17.4° | 62% | 21% | 7% | 10 | .483 | — / .558 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 3 | Justin Upton LF · R | 298 | 89.1 | 16.5° | 43% | 13% | 15% | 14 | .370 | — / .353 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Miguel Cabrera 1B · R | 271 | 92.2 | 10.9° | 55% | 13% | 10% | 9 | .402 | — / .417 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 5 | J.D. Martinez RF · R | 170 | 94.0 | 13.8° | 58% | 21% | 10% | 13 | .463 | — / .442 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Victor Martinez DH · S | 246 | 88.7 | 11.9° | 34% | 5% | 11% | 5 | .337 | — / .303 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Nick Castellanos 3B · R | 315 | 90.3 | 12.5° | 47% | 12% | 12% | 9 | .378 | — / .479 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 8 | Mikie Mahtook CF · R | 107 | 88.2 | 14.3° | 38% | 8% | 14% | 4 | .323 | — / .251 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Jose Iglesias SS · R | 241 | 82.7 | 9.0° | 21% | 1% | 10% | 2 | .260 | — / .243 | — | — | 1-2 |