7:10 PM EDT · Fenway Park
Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox 5–7 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.96Typical air
1.179 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+1.0 mph · 7.0 mph
to 19 mph
- Temperature
- 75°F
- 66%
- 29.89 inHg
- Elevation
- 21 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 9 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Over -115 · Under -105 | 53% over | |
| — | KC +210 · BOS -250 | BOS 71% | |
| BOS -1.5 | BOS -140 · KC +120 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Mike Montgomery KC · LHP
Today: 5.0 , 7 H, 2 , 1 BB, 7 K, 90 pitches
54% 26% 20%
Four-seam11%
Sinker34%
Cutter8%
Curveball26%
Changeup20%
- 92.4 mph
- 12.5 in
- 17%
- 13% / 9%
- 49%
- 44%
- .416
- 680
- 21% · 21% vs LHP
| 172 | 18% | .389 | 10.1 in | |
| 53 | 12% | .388 | 13.9 in |
| 973 | 25% | .295 | 12.5 in | |
| 1,238 | 19% | .315 | 15.5 in |
Rick Porcello BOS · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 4 H, 1 , 2 BB, 5 K, 99 pitches
58% 32% 10%
Four-seam32%
Sinker26%
Slider21%
Curveball11%
Changeup10%
- 90.4 mph
- 15.4 in
- 16%
- 18% / 6%
- 39%
- 39%
- .343
- 2,098
- 23% · 22% vs RHP
| 99 | 20% | .416 | 9.8 in | |
| 475 | 20% | .304 | 10.1 in |
| 525 | 19% | .352 | 9.2 in | |
| 3,979 | 20% | .317 | 13.1 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 | 516 | 86.9 | 15.2° | 31% | 5% | 13% | 12 | .335 | .323 / .333 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 457 | 88.5 | 9.4° | 41% | 6% | 11% | 11 | .338 | .334 / .369 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 3 | Hunter Dozier RF · R | 382 | 92.2 | 17.3° | 44% | 11% | 18% | 18 | .370 | .333 / .402 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 4 | Jorge Soler DH · R | 468 | 91.9 | 14.3° | 47% | 15% | 15% | 29 | .380 | .408 / .281 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 5 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 221 | 88.6 | 11.7° | 37% | 5% | 15% | 6 | .292 | .314 / — | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Ryan O'Hearn 1B · L | 232 | 89.9 | 11.8° | 39% | 7% | 8% | 6 | .280 | .147 / .358 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Bubba Starling CF · R | 72 | 82.1 | 6.5° | 25% | 5% | 14% | 1 | .232 | .197 / — | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 8 | Meibrys Viloria C · L | 30 | 88.6 | 7.0° | 29% | 0% | 12% | 0 | .277 | .268 / — | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 279 | 84.5 | 2.1° | 21% | 0% | 6% | 1 | .233 | .229 / .235 | — | — | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brock Holt 2B · L | 161 | 87.5 | 9.6° | 32% | 2% | 12% | 1 | .315 | .311 / .268 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 2 | Rafael Devers 3B · L | 489 | 92.9 | 9.7° | 50% | 9% | 13% | 22 | .380 | .504 / .376 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 3 | Xander Bogaerts SS · R | 499 | 90.8 | 14.2° | 45% | 10% | 18% | 25 | .360 | .433 / .380 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Andrew Benintendi CF · L | 463 | 88.5 | 18.2° | 37% | 9% | 13% | 12 | .334 | .342 / .343 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 5 | Sam Travis LF · R | 80 | 89.1 | 11.9° | 41% | 5% | 7% | 2 | .276 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Christian Vázquez DH · R | 355 | 90.1 | 14.0° | 43% | 7% | 13% | 17 | .320 | .207 / .323 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Michael Chavis 1B · R | 362 | 88.9 | 12.1° | 36% | 12% | 12% | 18 | .308 | .136 / .399 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 8 | Jackie Bradley Jr. RF · L | 407 | 89.5 | 9.1° | 42% | 8% | 10% | 12 | .305 | .447 / .306 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Sandy León C · S | 140 | 83.0 | 21.0° | 22% | 1% | 8% | 4 | .215 | — / .233 | — | — | 1-4 |