7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals 3–4 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Jason Hammel: breakers in thin air47% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.113 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+5.9 mph · 8.3 mph
to 19 mph
- Temperature
- 90°F
- 52%
- 29.08 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 12 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Justin Verlander DET · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 6 H, 2 , 1 BB, 8 K, 107 pitches
57% 38% 5%
Four-seam57%
Slider20%
Curveball18%
Changeup5%
- 95.1 mph
- 17.1 in
- 19%
- 21% / 11%
- 38%
- 36%
- .353
- 2,024
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 547 | 20% | .294 | 13.4 in |
| 294 | 21% | .286 | 11.9 in | |
| 879 | 22% | .278 | 12.4 in |
Jason Hammel KC · RHP
Today: 6.1 , 4 H, 1 , 1 BB, 2 K, 97 pitches
49% 47% 4%
Four-seam20%
Sinker29%
Slider38%
Curveball9%
Changeup4%
- 92.1 mph
- 17.5 in
- 21%
- 18% / 7%
- 33%
- 37%
- .352
- 1,698
- 21% · 22% vs RHP
| 696 | 20% | .366 | 7.0 in | |
| 291 | 22% | .316 | 8.3 in |
| 1,049 | 19% | .377 | 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 | Ian Kinsler 2B · R | 337 | 86.6 | 20.7° | 32% | 4% | 17% | 9 | .328 | .377 / .320 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Alex Avila C · L Power in carry conditions | 238 | 92.3 | 14.4° | 55% | 18% | 5% | 11 | .450 | .463 / .558 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Justin Upton LF · R Power in carry conditions | 355 | 88.7 | 15.6° | 41% | 12% | 17% | 15 | .367 | .416 / .353 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 4 | Miguel Cabrera 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 339 | 91.8 | 11.5° | 53% | 12% | 9% | 12 | .404 | .290 / .417 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Nick Castellanos 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 383 | 90.2 | 13.0° | 46% | 12% | 12% | 14 | .373 | .420 / .479 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Andrew Romine DH · S | 202 | 84.1 | 8.3° | 27% | 3% | 10% | 4 | .287 | .147 / .261 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Mikie Mahtook CF · R | 155 | 88.6 | 12.9° | 37% | 8% | 14% | 5 | .322 | .315 / .251 | — | — | 1-2 1 HR |
| 8 | Alex Presley RF · L | 79 | 88.0 | 10.2° | 29% | 4% | 6% | 1 | .329 | — / — | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Jose Iglesias SS · R | 291 | 82.4 | 7.9° | 20% | 0% | 9% | 2 | .255 | .235 / .243 | — | — | 0-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 312 | 88.3 | 16.6° | 29% | 6% | 12% | 7 | .331 | .344 / .334 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 2 | Billy Burns RF · S | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 3 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 378 | 88.6 | 11.2° | 34% | 4% | 9% | 11 | .330 | .319 / .321 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 387 | 90.2 | 3.7° | 39% | 9% | 5% | 13 | .357 | .326 / .444 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R Power in carry conditionsWind toward pull side | 331 | 89.4 | 19.9° | 41% | 11% | 23% | 18 | .365 | .311 / .463 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L | 348 | 87.3 | 17.3° | 34% | 10% | 23% | 25 | .335 | .320 / .354 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 368 | 83.6 | 14.8° | 21% | 3% | 10% | 3 | .259 | .280 / .266 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Brandon Moss DH · L Power in carry conditions | 211 | 88.5 | 17.7° | 36% | 13% | 23% | 10 | .305 | .278 / .394 | — | — | 3-4 1 HR |
| 9 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 320 | 86.5 | 13.3° | 31% | 6% | 15% | 5 | .299 | .310 / .296 | — | — | 0-3 |