6:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals 2–7 final
- Thin airAir density 0.89: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.89Thin air
1.087 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+2.5 mph · 2.1 mph
to 13 mph
- Temperature
- 98°F
- 41%
- 28.86 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 5 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Mike Pelfrey CWS · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 2 H, 1 , 6 BB, 4 K, 103 pitches
60% 25% 15%
Sinker59%
Slider12%
Curveball13%
Splitter15%
- 92.0 mph
- 17.3 in
- 16%
- 15% / 10%
- 36%
- 50%
- .345
- 1,377
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 102 | 11% | .456 | 8.3 in | |
| 534 | 17% | .378 | 10.7 in |
| 284 | 11% | .407 | 7.6 in | |
| 998 | 19% | .377 | 9.9 in |
Jason Vargas KC · LHP
Today: 5.0 , 7 H, 2 , 1 BB, 2 K, 84 pitches
49% 20% 30%
Four-seam3%
Sinker47%
Changeup30%
- 85.9 mph
- 16.2 in
- 23%
- 18% / 6%
- 31%
- 39%
- .307
- 1,683
- 22% · 22% vs LHP
| 364 | 20% | .347 | 19.8 in | |
| 204 | 25% | .333 | 11.1 in |
| 416 | 20% | .338 | 19.2 in | |
| 204 | 25% | .333 | 11.1 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Saladino SS · R | 138 | 85.0 | 13.8° | 31% | 1% | 15% | 0 | .238 | — / .242 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 2 | Melky Cabrera LF · S | 396 | 88.7 | 8.4° | 36% | 4% | 12% | 12 | .325 | .304 / .359 | — | — | 4-4 1 HR |
| 3 | José Abreu 1B · R | 401 | 90.1 | 10.1° | 44% | 9% | 12% | 16 | .361 | .418 / .388 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Avisaíl García RF · R Power in carry conditions | 346 | 90.4 | 7.3° | 41% | 10% | 11% | 13 | .371 | .355 / .378 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Matt Davidson DH · R Power in carry conditions | 280 | 89.7 | 20.0° | 41% | 17% | 15% | 18 | .307 | .221 / .354 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 6 | Yoán Moncada 2B · S | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Yolmer Sánchez 3B · S | 296 | 84.1 | 8.9° | 21% | 1% | 10% | 4 | .285 | .267 / .305 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Alen Hanson PH · S | 118 | 84.5 | 9.9° | 26% | 1% | 11% | 1 | .267 | .324 / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 9 | Omar Narváez PH · L | 166 | 82.6 | 10.2° | 16% | 0% | 9% | 1 | .286 | .267 / .264 | — | — | 0-1 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 328 | 88.0 | 16.5° | 29% | 6% | 12% | 8 | .327 | .331 / .334 | — | — | 1-2 |
| 2 | Jorge Bonifacio RF · R | 292 | 88.5 | 14.1° | 41% | 9% | 14% | 11 | .345 | .358 / .423 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 3 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 391 | 88.6 | 11.6° | 34% | 4% | 9% | 11 | .330 | .322 / .321 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 398 | 90.3 | 3.8° | 40% | 9% | 5% | 14 | .360 | .339 / .444 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R Power in carry conditions | 344 | 89.1 | 19.7° | 40% | 11% | 23% | 18 | .367 | .326 / .463 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L | 362 | 87.4 | 18.0° | 34% | 10% | 23% | 26 | .332 | .313 / .354 | — | — | 2-4 2 HR |
| 7 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 382 | 83.8 | 14.4° | 22% | 3% | 9% | 3 | .261 | .282 / .266 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Brandon Moss DH · L Power in carry conditions | 225 | 88.7 | 17.5° | 39% | 13% | 24% | 11 | .316 | .319 / .394 | — | — | 1-3 1 HR |
| 9 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 334 | 86.6 | 13.3° | 32% | 5% | 15% | 5 | .299 | .308 / .296 | — | — | 2-4 |