1:05 PM EDT · Fenway Park
Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox 4–5 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.94Typical air
1.157 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+3.9 mph · 0.6 mph
to 16 mph
- Temperature
- 81°F
- 77%
- 29.81 inHg
- Elevation
- 21 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 11 mph, Out To RF.
Betting lines
No betting lines are loaded for this game.
Starting pitchers
Glenn Sparkman KC · RHP
Today: 4.1 , 7 H, 4 , 3 BB, 5 K, 91 pitches
59% 27% 15%
Four-seam59%
Slider11%
Curveball15%
Changeup15%
- 93.6 mph
- 14.0 in
- 16%
- 13% / 6%
- 43%
- 40%
- .360
- 1,444
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 512 | 17% | .340 | 10.2 in | |
| 74 | 10% | .380 | 17.0 in |
| 858 | 20% | .321 | 8.7 in | |
| 74 | 10% | .380 | 17.0 in |
Eduardo Rodriguez BOS · LHP
Today: 5.0 , 7 H, 2 , 3 BB, 1 K, 101 pitches
71% 5% 23%
Four-seam39%
Sinker15%
Cutter17%
Slider3%
Curveball2%
Changeup23%
- 92.8 mph
- 14.1 in
- 25%
- 24% / 9%
- 30%
- 47%
- .308
- 2,308
- 23% · 25% vs LHP
| 165 | 22% | .192 | 6.6 in | |
| 778 | 27% | .296 | 8.7 in |
| 556 | 21% | .255 | 7.7 in | |
| 2,809 | 25% | .306 | 6.7 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield LF · R | 525 | 86.9 | 15.0° | 31% | 5% | 13% | 12 | .338 | .323 / .333 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Humberto Arteaga SS · R | 81 | 83.0 | 4.6° | 18% | 0% | 5% | 0 | .234 | .236 / — | — | — | 1-5 |
| 3 | Hunter Dozier RF · R | 391 | 92.1 | 17.2° | 44% | 11% | 18% | 18 | .371 | .333 / .402 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 4 | Jorge Soler DH · R | 476 | 92.0 | 14.2° | 48% | 16% | 15% | 31 | .385 | .408 / .281 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 229 | 88.6 | 11.8° | 37% | 5% | 15% | 7 | .287 | .314 / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 6 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 286 | 84.3 | 2.1° | 20% | 0% | 6% | 1 | .233 | .229 / .235 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 7 | Nick Dini C · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 8 | Ryan O'Hearn 1B · L | 240 | 90.0 | 12.2° | 38% | 7% | 8% | 7 | .283 | .147 / .358 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 9 | Bubba Starling CF · R | 80 | 81.8 | 8.3° | 23% | 4% | 15% | 2 | .214 | .197 / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mookie Betts RF · R | 540 | 90.8 | 18.6° | 46% | 10% | 15% | 19 | .401 | .362 / .396 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 2 | Rafael Devers 3B · L | 497 | 93.0 | 9.8° | 50% | 9% | 13% | 23 | .381 | .504 / .376 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Xander Bogaerts SS · R | 503 | 90.7 | 14.2° | 45% | 10% | 18% | 25 | .361 | .433 / .380 | — | — | 3-5 |
| 4 | J.D. Martinez DH · R | 472 | 92.1 | 14.5° | 48% | 12% | 13% | 24 | .406 | .391 / .440 | — | — | 2-5 1 HR |
| 5 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 471 | 88.6 | 18.2° | 37% | 9% | 13% | 12 | .336 | .342 / .343 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 6 | Chris Owings PR · R | 145 | 86.6 | 10.5° | 28% | 5% | 9% | 2 | .226 | — / .271 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Sam Travis PH · R | 84 | 89.2 | 11.9° | 43% | 7% | 7% | 3 | .292 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 8 | Brock Holt 2B · L | 166 | 87.7 | 9.4° | 31% | 2% | 12% | 1 | .310 | .311 / .268 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 9 | Jackie Bradley Jr. CF · L | 415 | 89.3 | 8.8° | 41% | 7% | 9% | 12 | .300 | .447 / .306 | — | — | 0-4 |