7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago Cubs at Kansas City Royals 3–1 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Jakob Junis: breakers in thin air42% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.124 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-2.2 mph · 0.1 mph
to 12 mph
- Temperature
- 83°F
- 71%
- 29.04 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 6 mph, L To R.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Cole Hamels CHC · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 7 H, 1 , 1 BB, 2 K, 97 pitches
60% 20% 20%
Four-seam22%
Sinker17%
Cutter20%
Slider6%
Curveball14%
Changeup20%
- 91.5 mph
- 15.6 in
- 26%
- 23% / 8%
- 38%
- 45%
- .343
- 1,970
- 21% · 22% vs LHP
| 565 | 24% | .337 | 8.4 in | |
| 296 | 33% | .384 | 8.1 in |
| 2,789 | 22% | .329 | 9.6 in | |
| 970 | 27% | .345 | 10.6 in |
Jakob Junis KC · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 5 H, 1 , 2 BB, 8 K, 87 pitches
52% 42% 7%
Four-seam30%
Sinker22%
Sweeper35%
Curveball6%
Changeup7%
- 91.0 mph
- 13.6 in
- 20%
- 21% / 7%
- 37%
- 42%
- .336
- 1,877
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 650 | 19% | .329 | 14.2 in | |
| 671 | 20% | .340 | 15.2 in |
| 750 | 18% | .337 | 14.4 in | |
| 944 | 20% | .344 | 14.8 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Rizzo 1B · L | 452 | 90.0 | 14.7° | 42% | 6% | 21% | 17 | .369 | .445 / .360 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 2 | David Bote 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 76 | 96.3 | 2.8° | 61% | 13% | 2% | 2 | .407 | .355 / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 3 | Jason Heyward RF · L | 375 | 88.8 | 10.2° | 41% | 3% | 11% | 7 | .334 | .371 / .372 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Javier Báez 2B · R Power in carry conditions | 434 | 91.1 | 9.2° | 48% | 14% | 16% | 24 | .367 | .370 / .369 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Kyle Schwarber DH · L Power in carry conditions | 380 | 89.5 | 12.3° | 45% | 14% | 15% | 20 | .360 | .418 / .352 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | Willson Contreras C · R | 396 | 89.0 | 10.5° | 36% | 8% | 12% | 9 | .318 | .297 / .335 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Ian Happ LF · S Power in carry conditions | 341 | 90.0 | 14.5° | 43% | 13% | 13% | 12 | .339 | .359 / .413 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Addison Russell SS · R | 386 | 86.8 | 12.9° | 28% | 3% | 8% | 5 | .297 | .322 / .244 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Albert Almora Jr. CF · R | 350 | 86.5 | 9.9° | 28% | 1% | 8% | 4 | .274 | .304 / .255 | — | — | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield CF · R | 475 | 86.6 | 17.5° | 32% | 5% | 13% | 7 | .348 | .388 / .328 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 366 | 88.4 | 8.5° | 39% | 7% | 10% | 7 | .324 | .345 / .311 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R Power in carry conditions | 378 | 91.1 | 18.1° | 48% | 12% | 18% | 19 | .334 | .343 / .293 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R | 218 | 89.8 | 12.6° | 40% | 10% | 9% | 5 | .275 | .273 / .187 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 5 | Rosell Herrera RF · S | 159 | 86.8 | 1.2° | 31% | 3% | 8% | 1 | .270 | .279 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Brett Phillips PH · L | 52 | 88.1 | 8.6° | 39% | 13% | 15% | 1 | .250 | .198 / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 7 | Adalberto Mondesi 2B · S | 107 | 87.9 | 11.9° | 33% | 8% | 14% | 3 | .284 | .330 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 405 | 84.7 | 11.7° | 23% | 3% | 12% | 3 | .269 | .268 / .293 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Drew Butera 1B · R | 141 | 86.6 | 21.1° | 26% | 1% | 8% | 2 | .249 | .267 / .295 | — | — | 1-3 |