7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals 2–6 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Matthew Boyd: breakers in thin air44% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
- Jakob Junis: breakers in thin air43% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.130 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-1.7 mph · 2.7 mph
to 23 mph
- Temperature
- 78°F
- 93%
- 28.95 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, 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, 5 , 3 BB, 4 K, 97 pitches
47% 44% 8%
Four-seam35%
Sinker12%
Slider31%
Curveball14%
Changeup8%
- 90.0 mph
- 15.9 in
- 21%
- 22% / 7%
- 30%
- 33%
- .275
- 2,330
- 21% · 22% vs LHP
| 379 | 22% | .275 | 7.8 in | |
| 571 | 26% | .301 | 8.7 in |
| 911 | 18% | .274 | 9.0 in | |
| 1,041 | 26% | .327 | 9.7 in |
Jakob Junis KC · RHP
Today: 9.0 , 6 H, 2 , 0 BB, 7 K, 104 pitches
51% 43% 6%
Four-seam31%
Sinker20%
Sweeper37%
Curveball6%
Changeup6%
- 91.0 mph
- 13.3 in
- 21%
- 22% / 7%
- 37%
- 42%
- .331
- 2,248
- 22% · 22% vs RHP
| 833 | 20% | .317 | 14.4 in | |
| 671 | 20% | .340 | 15.2 in |
| 933 | 19% | .325 | 14.6 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 | Jeimer Candelario 3B · S | 494 | 86.8 | 15.5° | 33% | 6% | 18% | 15 | .300 | .342 / .329 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 2 | Jose Iglesias SS · R | 459 | 84.5 | 12.3° | 23% | 1% | 14% | 5 | .278 | .312 / .240 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Nick Castellanos RF · R Power in carry conditions | 545 | 89.7 | 15.2° | 41% | 11% | 19% | 19 | .376 | .382 / .368 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Victor Martinez DH · S | 440 | 87.1 | 14.5° | 29% | 4% | 12% | 6 | .306 | .282 / .323 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 5 | James Adduci 1B · L | 109 | 86.4 | 12.9° | 27% | 2% | 13% | 2 | .279 | .279 / — | — | — | 2-4 |
| 6 | Niko Goodrum 2B · S | 404 | 88.0 | 11.3° | 36% | 9% | 15% | 13 | .312 | .298 / .328 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Mikie Mahtook LF · R | 161 | 88.4 | 14.0° | 36% | 4% | 11% | 4 | .278 | .378 / .249 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | James McCann C · R | 377 | 88.3 | 15.8° | 40% | 5% | 12% | 7 | .288 | .319 / .319 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | JaCoby Jones CF · R | 374 | 88.2 | 12.7° | 35% | 6% | 14% | 8 | .283 | .270 / .299 | — | — | 1-3 1 HR |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 562 | 86.8 | 17.8° | 32% | 5% | 14% | 10 | .345 | .373 / .328 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 445 | 88.7 | 9.5° | 40% | 7% | 13% | 9 | .331 | .345 / .311 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R Power in carry conditions | 460 | 91.3 | 18.8° | 49% | 12% | 18% | 23 | .331 | .356 / .293 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 4 | Jorge Bonifacio DH · R | 167 | 85.5 | 20.3° | 27% | 6% | 18% | 1 | .291 | .299 / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 5 | Rosell Herrera RF · S | 225 | 87.2 | 3.1° | 33% | 2% | 8% | 1 | .265 | .281 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | Hunter Dozier 1B · R | 277 | 88.9 | 12.6° | 38% | 9% | 11% | 7 | .280 | .287 / .187 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 7 | Alcides Escobar 3B · R | 455 | 84.2 | 11.5° | 22% | 3% | 13% | 4 | .273 | .275 / .293 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Brett Phillips CF · L | 101 | 84.4 | 10.4° | 26% | 6% | 10% | 1 | .222 | .213 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 161 | 87.8 | 14.5° | 31% | 9% | 13% | 4 | .292 | .321 / — | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |