7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals 2–4 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.95Typical air
1.158 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+3.0 mph · 1.0 mph
to 9 mph
- Temperature
- 72°F
- 47%
- 29.16 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 7 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Francisco Liriano DET · LHP
Today: 7.0 , 3 H, 1 , 2 BB, 5 K, 93 pitches
45% 36% 18%
Four-seam1%
Sinker44%
Slider36%
Changeup18%
- 91.8 mph
- 17.3 in
- 21%
- 18% / 12%
- 35%
- 44%
- .374
- 455
- 19% · 22% vs LHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 455 | 21% | .374 | 6.3 in |
| 664 | 27% | .320 | 5.5 in | |
| 964 | 25% | .351 | 5.8 in |
Ian Kennedy KC · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 6 H, 0 , 1 BB, 7 K, 103 pitches
73% 15% 13%
Four-seam63%
Sinker1%
Cutter8%
Slider1%
Changeup13%
- 91.8 mph
- 17.9 in
- 16%
- 20% / 7%
- 45%
- 32%
- .368
- 565
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 98 | 7% | .323 | 15.7 in | |
| 206 | 17% | .335 | 18.0 in |
| 1,585 | 18% | .356 | 12.7 in | |
| 865 | 19% | .313 | 13.6 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonys Martin CF · L | 119 | 89.3 | 21.6° | 40% | 13% | 19% | 4 | .396 | — / .392 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 2 | Jeimer Candelario 3B · S | 134 | 89.0 | 10.1° | 40% | 8% | 18% | 4 | .316 | — / .339 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 3 | Nick Castellanos RF · R | 133 | 89.0 | 15.6° | 37% | 11% | 14% | 3 | .397 | — / .401 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 4 | Victor Reyes DH · S | 17 | 78.9 | 4.1° | 8% | 0% | 8% | 0 | .165 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 5 | JaCoby Jones LF · R | 88 | 92.7 | 11.4° | 45% | 12% | 15% | 2 | .375 | — / .384 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | John Hicks 1B · R | 40 | 90.6 | 19.4° | 46% | 13% | 9% | 2 | .337 | — / .253 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | James McCann C · R | 99 | 88.7 | 13.0° | 46% | 7% | 8% | 3 | .329 | — / .326 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 8 | Jose Iglesias SS · R | 112 | 86.1 | 12.2° | 22% | 1% | 11% | 0 | .245 | — / .218 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Dixon Machado 2B · R | 114 | 88.1 | 10.3° | 35% | 6% | 10% | 1 | .318 | — / .323 | — | — | 0-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 140 | 86.3 | 17.2° | 38% | 4% | 12% | 3 | .336 | — / .337 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 2 | Jorge Soler RF · R | 115 | 90.7 | 13.9° | 41% | 8% | 16% | 4 | .374 | — / .368 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Mike Moustakas DH · L | 133 | 92.3 | 18.2° | 47% | 13% | 20% | 8 | .398 | — / .418 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Salvador Perez C · R | 50 | 93.8 | 14.5° | 53% | 14% | 28% | 2 | .357 | — / — | — | — | 0-2 |
| 5 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 102 | 90.3 | 11.6° | 36% | 4% | 10% | 3 | .306 | — / .333 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 6 | Abraham Almonte CF · S | 54 | 88.5 | 9.8° | 35% | 8% | 12% | 2 | .339 | — / .350 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Lucas Duda 1B · L | 112 | 87.9 | 18.6° | 29% | 11% | 16% | 3 | .360 | — / .368 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 73 | 90.5 | 9.6° | 41% | 7% | 13% | 2 | .371 | — / .314 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 123 | 85.4 | 12.0° | 24% | 4% | 15% | 1 | .318 | — / .330 | — | — | 1-2 |