7:10 PM EDT · Progressive Field
Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians 0–4 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.97Typical air
1.187 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-5.2 mph · 2.5 mph
to 14 mph
- Temperature
- 66°F
- 58%
- 29.52 inHg
- Elevation
- 653 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 8 mph, In From RF.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Jason Vargas KC · LHP
Today: 5.0 , 6 H, 4 , 2 BB, 2 K, 97 pitches
47% 20% 32%
Four-seam3%
Sinker45%
Changeup32%
- 85.8 mph
- 16.5 in
- 24%
- 19% / 7%
- 32%
- 40%
- .316
- 2,238
- 19% · 20% vs LHP
| 544 | 21% | .333 | 19.8 in | |
| 204 | 25% | .333 | 11.1 in |
| 596 | 21% | .328 | 19.4 in | |
| 204 | 25% | .333 | 11.1 in |
Ryan Merritt CLE · LHP
Today: 6.2 , 7 H, 0 , 1 BB, 3 K, 97 pitches
53% 24% 23%
Four-seam32%
Cutter21%
Curveball24%
Changeup23%
- 87.7 mph
- 17.3 in
- 10%
- 8% / 3%
- 31%
- 56%
- .332
- 144
- 20% · 20% vs LHP
| 83 | 9% | .342 | 6.4 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 95 | 12% | .337 | 6.2 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
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 | 474 | 87.5 | 17.4° | 29% | 6% | 12% | 15 | .325 | .343 / .313 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 2 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 519 | 89.5 | 10.8° | 38% | 4% | 8% | 13 | .343 | .330 / .312 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Melky Cabrera RF · S | 528 | 88.7 | 8.3° | 37% | 4% | 12% | 16 | .332 | .286 / .362 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 534 | 90.0 | 4.7° | 40% | 8% | 6% | 21 | .359 | .350 / .462 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R | 398 | 89.1 | 19.0° | 40% | 10% | 23% | 21 | .356 | .322 / .463 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Jorge Bonifacio DH · R | 372 | 87.7 | 14.0° | 40% | 9% | 15% | 15 | .333 | .376 / .404 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 506 | 83.7 | 12.5° | 21% | 3% | 10% | 3 | .267 | .283 / .263 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 117 | 85.5 | 12.0° | 27% | 4% | 10% | 2 | .256 | .331 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 434 | 86.4 | 13.4° | 31% | 5% | 14% | 5 | .291 | .299 / .300 | — | — | 3-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francisco Lindor SS · S | 563 | 88.4 | 13.3° | 35% | 6% | 16% | 22 | .342 | .312 / .328 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 2 | Bradley Zimmer CF · L | 291 | 87.5 | 6.2° | 41% | 9% | 9% | 8 | .318 | .266 / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 3 | José Ramírez 2B · S | 519 | 87.9 | 14.2° | 33% | 4% | 16% | 18 | .346 | .340 / .381 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Edwin Encarnación DH · R | 531 | 89.2 | 16.2° | 43% | 10% | 18% | 29 | .384 | .420 / .377 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 5 | Jay Bruce RF · L | 510 | 88.4 | 18.3° | 40% | 11% | 18% | 33 | .364 | .311 / .408 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 518 | 88.6 | 12.1° | 38% | 8% | 17% | 18 | .360 | .390 / .363 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 7 | Brandon Guyer LF · R | 156 | 84.5 | 15.2° | 22% | 3% | 15% | 2 | .308 | — / .238 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Yan Gomes C · R | 312 | 86.8 | 15.6° | 36% | 6% | 9% | 8 | .295 | .314 / .382 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Gio Urshela 3B · R | 94 | 86.9 | 8.1° | 25% | 0% | 5% | 0 | .244 | — / — | — | — | 2-4 |