1:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals 8–2 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Tyson Ross: breakers in thin air44% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
- Jakob Junis: breakers in thin air42% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.121 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-4.8 mph · 6.7 mph
to 20 mph
- Temperature
- 88°F
- 44%
- 29.17 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 10 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Tyson Ross STL · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 4 H, 2 , 2 BB, 4 K, 88 pitches
55% 44% 2%
Four-seam41%
Sinker6%
Cutter8%
Slider44%
Changeup2%
- 90.7 mph
- 12.3 in
- 21%
- 20% / 10%
- 35%
- 45%
- .328
- 2,098
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 287 | 21% | .300 | 5.7 in | |
| 783 | 22% | .302 | 5.9 in |
| 630 | 15% | .342 | 4.6 in | |
| 783 | 22% | .302 | 5.9 in |
Jakob Junis KC · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 3 H, 1 , 0 BB, 8 K, 96 pitches
52% 42% 7%
Four-seam30%
Sinker21%
Sweeper36%
Curveball6%
Changeup7%
- 91.1 mph
- 13.4 in
- 21%
- 21% / 7%
- 37%
- 42%
- .335
- 1,964
- 22% · 22% vs RHP
| 737 | 20% | .326 | 14.3 in | |
| 671 | 20% | .340 | 15.2 in |
| 837 | 19% | .333 | 14.5 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 | Matt Carpenter DH · L Power in carry conditions | 487 | 90.9 | 21.6° | 47% | 15% | 26% | 32 | .406 | .392 / .400 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Yadier Molina C · R | 355 | 88.5 | 15.2° | 36% | 6% | 20% | 15 | .347 | .394 / .348 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Adolis García RF · R | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 4 | Marcell Ozuna LF · R | 479 | 91.3 | 10.3° | 44% | 9% | 10% | 13 | .342 | .382 / .339 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 5 | Paul DeJong SS · R Power in carry conditions | 301 | 88.8 | 19.1° | 40% | 10% | 16% | 11 | .339 | .293 / .332 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Jedd Gyorko 3B · R | 296 | 87.6 | 16.3° | 31% | 6% | 12% | 8 | .295 | .210 / .457 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 7 | Greg Garcia 2B · L | 155 | 83.8 | 11.3° | 30% | 4% | 9% | 3 | .304 | .342 / .255 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 8 | Harrison Bader CF · R | 259 | 87.2 | 11.2° | 31% | 6% | 16% | 8 | .285 | .290 / .310 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 9 | Patrick Wisdom 1B · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 2-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield CF · R | 497 | 86.5 | 18.0° | 31% | 5% | 13% | 7 | .344 | .374 / .328 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 382 | 88.3 | 8.8° | 39% | 6% | 11% | 7 | .327 | .349 / .311 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez DH · R Power in carry conditions | 398 | 90.9 | 18.3° | 47% | 12% | 18% | 19 | .331 | .336 / .293 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 4 | Lucas Duda 1B · L | 290 | 89.7 | 18.9° | 36% | 9% | 18% | 10 | .329 | .338 / .383 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 5 | Rosell Herrera 2B · S | 176 | 86.8 | 1.2° | 32% | 2% | 7% | 1 | .273 | .284 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Jorge Bonifacio RF · R | 127 | 86.0 | 21.9° | 26% | 6% | 14% | 1 | .275 | .284 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R | 234 | 88.7 | 13.1° | 38% | 9% | 10% | 5 | .283 | .285 / .187 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Alcides Escobar SS · R | 416 | 84.5 | 11.7° | 22% | 3% | 12% | 4 | .274 | .281 / .293 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Drew Butera C · R | 152 | 87.0 | 21.3° | 27% | 1% | 8% | 2 | .244 | .252 / .295 | — | — | 0-3 |