6:15 PM CDT · Busch Stadium
Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals 6–8 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.94Typical air
1.148 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+4.1 mph · 2.5 mph
to 13 mph
- Temperature
- 81°F
- 69%
- 29.50 inHg
- Elevation
- 460 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 8 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Jason Hammel KC · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 3 H, 2 , 1 BB, 7 K, 103 pitches
49% 47% 4%
Four-seam20%
Sinker29%
Slider38%
Curveball9%
Changeup4%
- 92.1 mph
- 17.2 in
- 21%
- 17% / 7%
- 34%
- 38%
- .346
- 2,063
- 22% · 22% vs RHP
| 793 | 20% | .365 | 6.7 in | |
| 291 | 22% | .316 | 8.3 in |
| 1,146 | 19% | .375 | 7.2 in | |
| 568 | 24% | .315 | 9.3 in |
Lance Lynn STL · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 6 H, 2 , 5 BB, 3 K, 87 pitches
89% 5% 6%
Four-seam38%
Sinker37%
Cutter13%
Curveball5%
Changeup6%
- 91.8 mph
- 16.2 in
- 20%
- 21% / 9%
- 30%
- 44%
- .314
- 2,244
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 364 | 22% | .293 | 9.8 in | |
| 98 | 11% | .267 | 11.1 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 | 410 | 87.9 | 17.6° | 30% | 6% | 13% | 13 | .335 | .350 / .334 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 2 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 461 | 89.4 | 11.2° | 36% | 4% | 8% | 12 | .338 | .323 / .321 | — | — | 4-5 |
| 3 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 478 | 89.6 | 4.5° | 39% | 8% | 5% | 18 | .350 | .344 / .444 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 4 | Melky Cabrera RF · S | 471 | 88.5 | 8.9° | 36% | 5% | 13% | 15 | .334 | .317 / .359 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 5 | Cheslor Cuthbert PR · R | 99 | 85.0 | 11.2° | 24% | 3% | 9% | 1 | .227 | .275 / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 6 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 451 | 83.7 | 13.3° | 21% | 3% | 10% | 3 | .256 | .276 / .266 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 393 | 86.3 | 13.0° | 31% | 5% | 15% | 5 | .294 | .305 / .296 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | Drew Butera C · R | 109 | 86.3 | 19.4° | 24% | 0% | 17% | 2 | .264 | .332 / .279 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Joakim Soria P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Carpenter 1B · L | 463 | 89.8 | 21.7° | 39% | 9% | 26% | 15 | .394 | .464 / .503 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Tommy Pham LF · R | 350 | 89.1 | 7.5° | 41% | 9% | 8% | 14 | .358 | .414 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Paul DeJong SS · R | 242 | 86.8 | 17.7° | 41% | 10% | 20% | 16 | .323 | .481 / — | — | — | 2-3 |
| 4 | Dexter Fowler CF · S | 347 | 88.4 | 13.4° | 36% | 7% | 17% | 14 | .370 | .419 / .241 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Yadier Molina C · R | 394 | 87.8 | 13.7° | 36% | 6% | 12% | 14 | .329 | .332 / .227 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Trevor Rosenthal P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Kolten Wong 2B · L | 272 | 85.9 | 10.3° | 28% | 4% | 10% | 2 | .311 | .311 / .368 | — | — | 2-2 |
| 8 | Jedd Gyorko 3B · R | 401 | 86.6 | 15.5° | 32% | 9% | 14% | 15 | .329 | .272 / .500 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 9 | Randal Grichuk RF · R | 311 | 89.5 | 16.4° | 43% | 16% | 21% | 14 | .330 | .213 / .356 | — | — | 0-2 |