7:10 PM EDT · Fenway Park
Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox 4–2 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.96Typical air
1.177 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+2.7 mph · 5.2 mph
to 14 mph
- Temperature
- 73°F
- 80%
- 29.78 inHg
- Elevation
- 21 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 7 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Jason Vargas KC · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 5 H, 1 , 2 BB, 2 K, 99 pitches
49% 21% 30%
Four-seam3%
Sinker47%
Changeup30%
- 85.8 mph
- 16.2 in
- 23%
- 18% / 6%
- 30%
- 39%
- .307
- 1,767
- 19% · 21% vs LHP
| 448 | 18% | .337 | 19.7 in | |
| 204 | 25% | .333 | 11.1 in |
| 500 | 19% | .331 | 19.1 in | |
| 204 | 25% | .333 | 11.1 in |
Rick Porcello BOS · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 6 H, 4 , 1 BB, 5 K, 111 pitches
59% 31% 10%
Four-seam33%
Sinker27%
Slider16%
Curveball15%
Changeup10%
- 91.1 mph
- 16.7 in
- 18%
- 21% / 4%
- 36%
- 39%
- .342
- 2,214
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 110 | 9% | .434 | 8.8 in | |
| 839 | 23% | .342 | 14.0 in |
| 215 | 18% | .352 | 9.2 in | |
| 1,963 | 19% | .327 | 15.9 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 | 352 | 88.1 | 16.8° | 29% | 6% | 12% | 11 | .338 | .350 / .334 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Jorge Bonifacio RF · R | 315 | 88.1 | 13.9° | 41% | 9% | 15% | 14 | .348 | .368 / .423 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 3 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 410 | 89.0 | 10.9° | 35% | 4% | 9% | 11 | .328 | .323 / .321 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 421 | 89.9 | 4.7° | 39% | 9% | 5% | 16 | .360 | .344 / .444 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R | 359 | 89.1 | 19.8° | 40% | 11% | 24% | 20 | .368 | .322 / .463 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L | 385 | 87.1 | 18.1° | 34% | 9% | 23% | 29 | .330 | .316 / .354 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 7 | Brandon Moss DH · L | 248 | 88.9 | 16.6° | 40% | 13% | 25% | 12 | .328 | .345 / .394 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 402 | 83.8 | 14.1° | 22% | 3% | 10% | 3 | .262 | .276 / .266 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 355 | 86.2 | 12.9° | 31% | 5% | 15% | 5 | .297 | .305 / .296 | — | — | 0-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mookie Betts RF · R | 462 | 88.1 | 15.4° | 35% | 4% | 14% | 17 | .336 | .284 / .332 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Eduardo Núñez DH · R | 319 | 85.7 | 5.6° | 30% | 1% | 11% | 4 | .280 | .290 / .268 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 3 | Dustin Pedroia 2B · R | 379 | 85.4 | 11.3° | 23% | 1% | 9% | 6 | .328 | — / .342 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Hanley Ramirez 1B · R | 366 | 88.3 | 11.8° | 37% | 9% | 15% | 17 | .361 | .322 / .367 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Jackie Bradley Jr. CF · L | 352 | 89.7 | 10.8° | 45% | 9% | 14% | 12 | .346 | .312 / .352 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Xander Bogaerts SS · R | 398 | 86.4 | 7.9° | 27% | 1% | 11% | 6 | .270 | .383 / .285 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Andrew Benintendi PH · L | 413 | 87.8 | 14.7° | 32% | 5% | 13% | 12 | .333 | .471 / .344 | — | — | 1-1 |
| 8 | Rafael Devers 3B · L | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Sandy León C · S | 203 | 83.7 | 15.5° | 27% | 4% | 17% | 6 | .274 | — / .254 | — | — | 0-2 |