7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals 1–2 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.96Typical air
1.173 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-2.9 mph · 6.7 mph
to 17 mph
- Temperature
- 65°F
- 81%
- 29.16 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 8 mph, L To R.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Aníbal Sánchez DET · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 7 H, 2 , 1 BB, 6 K, 98 pitches
57% 22% 21%
Four-seam27%
Sinker23%
Cutter7%
Slider12%
Curveball10%
Changeup3%
Splitter18%
- 90.9 mph
- 18.6 in
- 21%
- 21% / 6%
- 38%
- 37%
- .337
- 1,662
- 19% · 19% vs RHP
| 168 | 20% | .383 | 8.3 in | |
| 347 | 22% | .410 | 8.0 in |
| 679 | 18% | .347 | 9.3 in | |
| 805 | 19% | .380 | 8.7 in |
Jason Vargas KC · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 5 H, 1 , 1 BB, 3 K, 82 pitches
48% 20% 33%
Four-seam3%
Sinker45%
Changeup33%
- 85.7 mph
- 16.2 in
- 23%
- 18% / 7%
- 33%
- 40%
- .325
- 2,745
- 21% · 21% 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 |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Kinsler 2B · R | 600 | 86.2 | 19.4° | 31% | 5% | 17% | 22 | .329 | .348 / .305 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 2 | Jose Iglesias SS · R | 475 | 82.7 | 8.2° | 21% | 1% | 11% | 6 | .279 | .265 / .257 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Nick Castellanos RF · R | 642 | 89.0 | 14.1° | 42% | 11% | 12% | 25 | .372 | .350 / .497 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Jeimer Candelario 3B · S | 124 | 87.4 | 13.5° | 34% | 5% | 10% | 3 | .328 | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 5 | James McCann C · R | 372 | 87.6 | 15.7° | 37% | 8% | 16% | 13 | .343 | .272 / .324 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | John Hicks DH · R | 181 | 85.8 | 8.1° | 35% | 9% | 13% | 6 | .329 | .314 / .236 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 7 | Efren Navarro 1B · L | 50 | 94.9 | 13.1° | 59% | 15% | 15% | 2 | .353 | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | JaCoby Jones CF · R | 137 | 85.7 | 9.3° | 36% | 8% | 14% | 3 | .234 | — / .225 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 9 | Alex Presley LF · L | 239 | 85.5 | 9.2° | 24% | 1% | 9% | 2 | .321 | .300 / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 606 | 87.4 | 16.2° | 29% | 5% | 12% | 18 | .320 | .338 / .313 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 2 | Lorenzo Cain CF · R | 633 | 89.0 | 10.3° | 35% | 4% | 8% | 15 | .349 | .348 / .312 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 3 | Paulo Orlando RF · R | 79 | 86.5 | 13.3° | 26% | 0% | 11% | 0 | .262 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 4 | Eric Hosmer DH · L | 653 | 89.6 | 3.9° | 39% | 7% | 5% | 24 | .355 | .346 / .462 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez C · R | 495 | 88.7 | 18.8° | 39% | 10% | 21% | 27 | .348 | .332 / .463 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 6 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L Wind toward pull side | 584 | 87.3 | 18.3° | 34% | 9% | 21% | 38 | .337 | .302 / .388 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 7 | Brandon Moss 1B · L Wind toward pull side | 385 | 89.7 | 18.0° | 43% | 15% | 25% | 22 | .350 | .334 / .375 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 612 | 83.5 | 13.6° | 22% | 2% | 11% | 6 | .272 | .285 / .263 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 524 | 86.2 | 13.8° | 32% | 5% | 15% | 9 | .295 | .289 / .300 | — | — | 1-2 |