6:15 PM CDT · Minute Maid Park
Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros 3–4 final
- Roof closedPlayed indoors, so outdoor air density and wind have little effect.
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Indoors
1.145 kg/m³ at first pitch. The roof was closed, so outdoor conditions mostly did not apply.
Indoors
to 26 mph
- Temperature
- 86°F
- 75%
- 29.75 inHg
- Elevation
- 45 ft
- —
- Roof closed
MLB's recorded conditions: Roof Closed, wind 0 mph, None.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Ian Kennedy KC · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 4 H, 2 , 1 BB, 5 K, 104 pitches
70% 18% 12%
Four-seam59%
Sinker1%
Cutter10%
Slider2%
Changeup12%
- 92.0 mph
- 17.3 in
- 18%
- 21% / 9%
- 40%
- 32%
- .357
- 1,423
- 21% · 20% vs RHP
| 471 | 16% | .343 | 16.0 in | |
| 206 | 17% | .335 | 18.0 in |
| 1,958 | 18% | .354 | 13.3 in | |
| 865 | 19% | .313 | 13.6 in |
Lance McCullers Jr. HOU · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 4 H, 3 , 2 BB, 9 K, 103 pitches
39% 44% 17%
Sinker38%
Changeup17%
- 94.1 mph
- 14.5 in
- 28%
- 25% / 9%
- 39%
- 55%
- .306
- 1,453
- 19% · 19% vs RHP
| 97 | 38% | .289 | 13.6 in | |
| 378 | 26% | .386 | 6.6 in |
| 278 | 31% | .257 | 12.0 in | |
| 999 | 23% | .355 | 10.8 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield CF · R | 317 | 87.0 | 18.2° | 34% | 5% | 14% | 4 | .341 | .395 / .327 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 2 | Rosell Herrera RF · S | 31 | 85.9 | 1.6° | 23% | 5% | 0% | 0 | .215 | — / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L | 316 | 89.9 | 18.9° | 42% | 9% | 20% | 14 | .369 | .378 / .403 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 4 | Salvador Perez C · R | 232 | 90.3 | 19.0° | 45% | 12% | 18% | 11 | .338 | .371 / .293 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 5 | Adalberto Mondesi DH · S | 14 | 90.1 | 4.2° | 70% | 10% | 10% | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 6 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 236 | 88.8 | 7.4° | 41% | 7% | 10% | 5 | .345 | .379 / .324 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Hunter Dozier 1B · R | 128 | 90.9 | 14.2° | 40% | 11% | 13% | 3 | .275 | .281 / .234 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 289 | 84.9 | 11.9° | 24% | 4% | 11% | 3 | .281 | .258 / .306 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Ryan Goins 2B · L | 116 | 87.0 | 7.1° | 29% | 1% | 5% | 0 | .229 | .275 / .245 | — | — | 0-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Springer RF · R | 338 | 88.8 | 9.9° | 39% | 11% | 11% | 15 | .371 | .309 / .331 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 2 | Alex Bregman 3B · R | 333 | 89.2 | 15.0° | 41% | 9% | 16% | 11 | .384 | .460 / .393 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 3 | Jose Altuve 2B · R | 338 | 88.5 | 11.3° | 37% | 7% | 12% | 7 | .375 | .482 / .403 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Carlos Correa SS · R | 302 | 89.1 | 9.7° | 37% | 9% | 9% | 13 | .331 | .352 / .300 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 5 | Jake Marisnick CF · R | 137 | 87.8 | 20.5° | 33% | 7% | 8% | 5 | .215 | — / .188 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 6 | Josh Reddick LF · L | 195 | 85.4 | 20.2° | 28% | 4% | 19% | 6 | .308 | .228 / .337 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 7 | Evan Gattis DH · R | 239 | 88.2 | 19.7° | 34% | 8% | 23% | 14 | .313 | .311 / .314 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Marwin Gonzalez 1B · S | 261 | 87.8 | 10.6° | 40% | 4% | 14% | 5 | .297 | .361 / .319 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Brian McCann C · L | 158 | 86.1 | 25.7° | 28% | 4% | 22% | 5 | .285 | — / .296 | — | — | 1-5 |