7:05 PM EDT · PNC Park
Kansas City Royals at Pittsburgh Pirates 1–2 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Typical air
1.143 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+2.5 mph · 0.7 mph
to 8 mph
- Temperature
- 76°F
- 82%
- 29.10 inHg
- Elevation
- 780 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 5 mph, Out To CF.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Eric Skoglund KC · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 3 H, 0 , 0 BB, 2 K, 85 pitches
61% 27% 13%
Four-seam32%
Sinker29%
Curveball27%
Changeup13%
- 91.5 mph
- 16.5 in
- 17%
- 18% / 7%
- 49%
- 47%
- .375
- 885
- 20% · 21% vs LHP
| 283 | 19% | .336 | 6.8 in | |
| 178 | 14% | .361 | 8.3 in |
| 395 | 17% | .365 | 7.4 in | |
| 178 | 14% | .361 | 8.3 in |
Jameson Taillon PIT · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 4 H, 0 , 1 BB, 11 K, 104 pitches
58% 37% 5%
Four-seam35%
Sinker23%
Slider18%
Curveball20%
Changeup5%
- 95.2 mph
- 15.5 in
- 21%
- 22% / 6%
- 33%
- 48%
- .291
- 2,658
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 405 | 20% | .271 | 10.7 in | |
| 427 | 20% | .275 | 18.1 in |
| 1,146 | 19% | .274 | 13.8 in | |
| 858 | 18% | .300 | 17.8 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 652 | 86.7 | 17.0° | 31% | 5% | 13% | 12 | .346 | .370 / .328 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 237 | 89.1 | 14.5° | 36% | 10% | 17% | 9 | .324 | .350 / — | — | — | 0-5 |
| 3 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 531 | 88.7 | 10.9° | 40% | 7% | 13% | 11 | .332 | .331 / .311 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 4 | Jorge Bonifacio RF · R | 236 | 85.3 | 19.8° | 29% | 7% | 19% | 3 | .306 | .307 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez 1B · R | 500 | 91.3 | 18.6° | 48% | 11% | 19% | 26 | .337 | .357 / .293 | — | — | 1-2 |
| 6 | Burch Smith P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R | 345 | 89.9 | 12.7° | 41% | 11% | 14% | 9 | .303 | .288 / .187 | — | — | 1-1 |
| 8 | Meibrys Viloria C · L | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Brett Phillips CF · L | 126 | 85.8 | 11.7° | 31% | 5% | 18% | 2 | .236 | .229 / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pablo Reyes RF · R | 21 | 90.4 | 21.1° | 43% | 14% | 21% | 1 | .408 | — / — | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Starling Marte CF · R | 560 | 87.9 | 9.3° | 38% | 8% | 9% | 19 | .323 | .299 / .299 | — | — | 3-5 |
| 3 | Josh Bell 1B · S | 532 | 89.9 | 8.9° | 40% | 7% | 10% | 10 | .339 | .291 / .329 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 4 | Francisco Cervelli C · R | 379 | 88.7 | 16.0° | 40% | 8% | 16% | 11 | .349 | .295 / .313 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Adam Frazier LF · L | 314 | 88.0 | 10.1° | 32% | 4% | 15% | 8 | .321 | .417 / .276 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 6 | Ryan Lavarnway PH · R | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 1-1 |
| 7 | Josh Harrison 2B · R | 359 | 85.2 | 15.9° | 26% | 3% | 15% | 8 | .277 | .288 / .303 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Jordy Mercer SS · R | 424 | 87.7 | 13.3° | 32% | 5% | 18% | 6 | .312 | .282 / .272 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Kevin Kramer 3B · L | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | .246 | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |