1:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals 8–4 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Matthew Boyd: breakers in thin air46% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.127 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+3.4 mph · 3.0 mph
to 14 mph
- Temperature
- 87°F
- 38%
- 29.17 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 7 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Matthew Boyd DET · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 7 H, 2 , 0 BB, 7 K, 95 pitches
45% 46% 9%
Four-seam35%
Sinker10%
Slider32%
Curveball14%
Changeup9%
- 89.4 mph
- 16.3 in
- 22%
- 21% / 9%
- 29%
- 34%
- .284
- 1,743
- 21% · 22% vs LHP
| 284 | 21% | .281 | 7.6 in | |
| 571 | 26% | .301 | 8.7 in |
| 816 | 18% | .276 | 9.1 in | |
| 1,041 | 26% | .327 | 9.7 in |
Danny Duffy KC · LHP
Today: 5.2 , 9 H, 7 , 2 BB, 6 K, 107 pitches
56% 25% 19%
Four-seam38%
Sinker18%
Slider18%
Curveball7%
Changeup19%
- 93.3 mph
- 17.8 in
- 22%
- 20% / 11%
- 38%
- 35%
- .350
- 2,131
- 22% · 20% vs LHP
| 647 | 19% | .306 | 9.6 in | |
| 561 | 22% | .404 | 6.9 in |
| 1,982 | 21% | .308 | 8.5 in | |
| 789 | 23% | .365 | 6.8 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeimer Candelario 3B · S | 375 | 87.0 | 14.7° | 34% | 8% | 20% | 14 | .305 | .348 / .329 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Niko Goodrum 2B · S Power in carry conditions | 293 | 87.6 | 10.0° | 37% | 11% | 14% | 9 | .325 | .316 / .341 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Nick Castellanos RF · R Power in carry conditions | 428 | 90.2 | 15.7° | 43% | 11% | 20% | 15 | .375 | .403 / .378 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 4 | John Hicks C · R | 277 | 88.3 | 13.7° | 36% | 7% | 11% | 9 | .294 | .199 / .386 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 5 | James Adduci DH · L | 34 | 83.4 | 11.0° | 29% | 0% | 0% | 1 | .187 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 6 | Ronny Rodríguez 1B · R | 68 | 86.8 | 3.3° | 35% | 4% | 2% | 0 | .238 | — / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | JaCoby Jones CF · R | 334 | 88.7 | 13.1° | 37% | 6% | 13% | 7 | .286 | .283 / .300 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Jose Iglesias SS · R | 362 | 84.6 | 11.3° | 23% | 1% | 12% | 3 | .275 | .311 / .239 | — | — | 1-3 1 HR |
| 9 | Victor Reyes LF · S | 103 | 83.0 | 5.6° | 22% | 0% | 4% | 0 | .248 | .241 / .171 | — | — | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield CF · R | 426 | 87.0 | 16.9° | 33% | 5% | 13% | 5 | .343 | .379 / .328 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Rosell Herrera DH · S | 113 | 87.8 | 3.8° | 33% | 2% | 5% | 0 | .270 | .296 / — | — | — | 1-5 |
| 3 | Mike Moustakas 3B · L | 409 | 89.9 | 18.8° | 43% | 10% | 19% | 20 | .357 | .356 / .384 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 4 | Salvador Perez C · R Power in carry conditions | 330 | 90.9 | 17.9° | 47% | 13% | 19% | 15 | .323 | .346 / .293 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Jorge Bonifacio RF · R | 78 | 88.5 | 21.9° | 33% | 7% | 13% | 1 | .281 | .286 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Hunter Dozier 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 197 | 89.9 | 11.5° | 40% | 10% | 9% | 4 | .266 | .267 / .187 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 323 | 88.2 | 8.4° | 39% | 7% | 10% | 6 | .329 | .350 / .311 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 372 | 84.6 | 11.4° | 23% | 3% | 11% | 3 | .271 | .268 / .293 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Adalberto Mondesi 2B · S Power in carry conditions | 74 | 89.7 | 13.6° | 41% | 12% | 20% | 3 | .328 | .362 / — | — | — | 2-4 |