7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago Cubs at Kansas City Royals 5–0 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.128 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-2.8 mph · 2.2 mph
to 9 mph
- Temperature
- 82°F
- 67%
- 29.03 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 6 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Mike Montgomery CHC · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 5 H, 0 , 2 BB, 4 K, 95 pitches
59% 23% 18%
Four-seam19%
Sinker32%
Cutter7%
Curveball23%
Changeup18%
- 91.5 mph
- 12.2 in
- 19%
- 14% / 7%
- 39%
- 55%
- .330
- 1,441
- 21% · 22% vs LHP
| 220 | 26% | .238 | 11.1 in | |
| 328 | 16% | .368 | 13.2 in |
| 640 | 25% | .263 | 13.0 in | |
| 1,185 | 19% | .313 | 15.6 in |
Brad Keller KC · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 7 H, 4 , 3 BB, 4 K, 98 pitches
70% 25% 5%
Four-seam46%
Sinker24%
Slider25%
Changeup5%
- 94.1 mph
- 13.6 in
- 19%
- 16% / 10%
- 33%
- 57%
- .322
- 1,307
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 687 | 19% | .343 | 7.0 in | |
| 301 | 21% | .316 | 7.9 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 | 457 | 90.0 | 14.7° | 42% | 6% | 21% | 17 | .370 | .444 / .360 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Javier Báez 2B · R Power in carry conditions | 438 | 91.2 | 9.3° | 48% | 14% | 16% | 25 | .370 | .389 / .369 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 3 | Albert Almora Jr. CF · R | 354 | 86.4 | 9.7° | 28% | 1% | 9% | 4 | .276 | .311 / .255 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 4 | Jason Heyward RF · L | 379 | 88.8 | 10.0° | 42% | 3% | 11% | 7 | .335 | .372 / .372 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | David Bote 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 76 | 96.3 | 2.8° | 61% | 13% | 2% | 2 | .407 | .355 / — | — | — | 2-3 |
| 6 | Kyle Schwarber DH · L Power in carry conditions | 384 | 89.5 | 12.1° | 45% | 13% | 15% | 20 | .358 | .405 / .352 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Ian Happ LF · S Power in carry conditions | 345 | 90.0 | 14.5° | 43% | 13% | 13% | 12 | .335 | .331 / .413 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 8 | Addison Russell SS · R | 390 | 86.8 | 12.7° | 28% | 3% | 8% | 5 | .297 | .319 / .244 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 9 | Victor Caratini C · S | 120 | 88.5 | 5.6° | 38% | 2% | 9% | 0 | .273 | .219 / .358 | — | — | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 479 | 86.6 | 17.6° | 32% | 5% | 12% | 7 | .347 | .385 / .328 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 370 | 88.4 | 8.4° | 40% | 6% | 11% | 7 | .326 | .348 / .311 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R Power in carry conditions | 382 | 91.1 | 18.4° | 48% | 12% | 18% | 19 | .334 | .342 / .293 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier DH · R | 222 | 89.2 | 12.5° | 39% | 9% | 9% | 5 | .276 | .275 / .187 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 5 | Rosell Herrera CF · S | 163 | 86.8 | 1.4° | 31% | 2% | 8% | 1 | .271 | .282 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Jorge Bonifacio RF · R | 115 | 86.2 | 22.1° | 26% | 5% | 15% | 1 | .268 | .276 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 111 | 87.7 | 12.9° | 33% | 8% | 13% | 3 | .279 | .320 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar 3B · R | 409 | 84.6 | 11.6° | 22% | 3% | 12% | 3 | .271 | .272 / .293 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Drew Butera 1B · R | 144 | 86.7 | 21.2° | 26% | 1% | 8% | 2 | .251 | .273 / .295 | — | — | 0-4 |