1:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals 5–3 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.127 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-1.3 mph · 2.8 mph
to 12 mph
- Temperature
- 81°F
- 51%
- 28.89 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 5 mph, In From RF.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Lucas Giolito CWS · RHP
Today: 6.1 , 4 H, 1 , 3 BB, 3 K, 93 pitches
60% 24% 16%
Four-seam53%
Sinker7%
Slider11%
Curveball13%
Changeup16%
- 92.4 mph
- 18.6 in
- 24%
- 23% / 8%
- 35%
- 49%
- .306
- 410
- 19% · 19% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 36 | 0% | .552 | 20.6 in |
Eric Skoglund KC · LHP
Today: 3.0 , 5 H, 2 , 2 BB, 2 K, 66 pitches
62% 36% 2%
Four-seam50%
Sinker12%
Slider15%
Curveball21%
Changeup2%
- 91.5 mph
- 17.4 in
- 13%
- 15% / 14%
- 39%
- 41%
- .339
- 302
- 23% · 21% vs LHP
| 46 | 19% | .451 | 9.4 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Anderson SS · R | 536 | 85.8 | 7.8° | 32% | 6% | 9% | 16 | .280 | .295 / .301 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Yoán Moncada 2B · S | 155 | 88.1 | 12.4° | 33% | 8% | 15% | 4 | .307 | .311 / — | — | — | 2-3 |
| 3 | José Abreu 1B · R | 608 | 90.5 | 11.1° | 45% | 9% | 12% | 31 | .367 | .401 / .388 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Avisaíl García RF · R | 492 | 90.0 | 8.0° | 40% | 9% | 10% | 16 | .359 | .328 / .378 | — | — | 3-5 |
| 5 | Matt Davidson DH · R Power in carry conditions | 386 | 89.0 | 18.9° | 41% | 16% | 15% | 24 | .303 | .262 / .354 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Yolmer Sánchez 3B · S | 476 | 84.6 | 10.4° | 24% | 3% | 11% | 11 | .288 | .290 / .305 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 7 | Kevan Smith C · R | 252 | 85.8 | 5.0° | 30% | 4% | 6% | 3 | .283 | .339 / .289 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Nicky Delmonico LF · L | 117 | 83.7 | 11.1° | 26% | 5% | 21% | 7 | .360 | .325 / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 9 | Adam Engel CF · R | 276 | 83.3 | 13.4° | 27% | 5% | 10% | 6 | .255 | .217 / .260 | — | — | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 551 | 87.5 | 16.5° | 30% | 5% | 12% | 17 | .323 | .343 / .313 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 2 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 585 | 89.3 | 10.7° | 36% | 4% | 8% | 14 | .349 | .341 / .312 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 3 | Melky Cabrera RF · S | 599 | 88.4 | 8.5° | 36% | 4% | 13% | 17 | .329 | .302 / .362 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer 1B · L | 602 | 90.0 | 4.8° | 40% | 8% | 6% | 24 | .365 | .349 / .462 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R | 463 | 88.7 | 19.2° | 39% | 10% | 21% | 24 | .343 | .317 / .463 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L | 540 | 87.4 | 19.0° | 34% | 9% | 21% | 36 | .341 | .316 / .388 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Terrance Gore DH · R | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 566 | 83.7 | 13.1° | 22% | 2% | 10% | 4 | .271 | .282 / .263 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 483 | 86.1 | 13.5° | 31% | 4% | 15% | 6 | .289 | .299 / .300 | — | — | 1-4 |