3:05 PM CDT · Wrigley Field
St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs 5–6 final
- Dense airAir density 0.99: fly balls die sooner and breaking balls get more bite.
- Yu Darvish: breakers in dense air52% breaking balls. Dense air adds break to those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.99Dense air
1.216 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-4.1 mph · 4.4 mph
to 16 mph
- Temperature
- 51°F
- 75%
- 29.34 inHg
- Elevation
- 595 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 8 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | Over -110 · Under -110 | 52% over | |
| — | STL -103 · CHC -114 | CHC 53% | |
| CHC -1.5 | CHC +170 · STL -200 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Michael Wacha STL · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 6 H, 4 , 4 BB, 4 K, 83 pitches
69% 12% 19%
Four-seam49%
Cutter20%
Curveball12%
Changeup19%
- 92.6 mph
- 17.8 in
- 21%
- 25% / 14%
- 38%
- 47%
- .322
- 501
- 23% · 24% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 101 | 20% | .301 | 12.8 in |
| 703 | 18% | .351 | 14.2 in | |
| 928 | 17% | .352 | 16.4 in |
Yu Darvish CHC · RHP
Today: 4.0 , 6 H, 5 , 5 BB, 4 K, 81 pitches
45% 52% 3%
Four-seam39%
Sinker6%
Slider20%
Sweeper28%
Curveball4%
Splitter3%
- 93.2 mph
- 16.3 in
- 31%
- 25% / 17%
- 37%
- 51%
- .363
- 517
- 22% · 23% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 240 | 27% | .383 | 13.3 in |
| 1,569 | 25% | .300 | 17.8 in | |
| 815 | 23% | .352 | 15.6 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Carpenter 3B · L | 138 | 89.3 | 24.6° | 33% | 7% | 30% | 3 | .291 | — / .205 | — | — | 3-5 |
| 2 | Paul Goldschmidt 1B · R | 142 | 89.0 | 16.2° | 41% | 16% | 12% | 9 | .378 | — / .320 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 3 | Paul DeJong SS · R | 139 | 88.7 | 18.6° | 43% | 13% | 21% | 5 | .433 | — / .415 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Marcell Ozuna LF · R | 126 | 92.5 | 14.3° | 49% | 17% | 21% | 10 | .414 | — / .344 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | José A. Martínez RF · R | 90 | 90.0 | 9.7° | 38% | 6% | 11% | 1 | .396 | — / .410 | — | — | 2-5 1 HR |
| 6 | Yadier Molina C · R | 121 | 87.8 | 10.1° | 40% | 3% | 13% | 2 | .320 | — / .298 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Dexter Fowler CF · S | 95 | 84.0 | 10.4° | 32% | 2% | 24% | 1 | .356 | — / .330 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Kolten Wong 2B · L | 125 | 87.4 | 15.9° | 31% | 3% | 9% | 4 | .302 | — / .269 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 9 | John Brebbia P · L | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Heyward RF · L | 109 | 89.3 | 14.9° | 38% | 6% | 5% | 5 | .359 | — / .396 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 2 | Kris Bryant 3B · R | 128 | 89.5 | 17.6° | 38% | 10% | 16% | 3 | .383 | — / .454 | — | — | 1-2 |
| 3 | Anthony Rizzo 1B · L | 132 | 89.3 | 15.3° | 33% | 11% | 17% | 8 | .409 | — / .535 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Javier Báez SS · R | 132 | 93.6 | 12.2° | 55% | 15% | 13% | 10 | .384 | — / .335 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 5 | David Bote 2B · R | 80 | 90.2 | 8.5° | 43% | 7% | 15% | 3 | .353 | — / .308 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 6 | Albert Almora Jr. CF · R | 81 | 86.8 | 6.3° | 28% | 2% | 7% | 1 | .258 | — / .208 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Kyle Schwarber LF · L | 100 | 91.6 | 8.2° | 48% | 13% | 12% | 4 | .336 | — / .350 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Willson Contreras C · R | 107 | 89.4 | 12.5° | 45% | 16% | 11% | 8 | .389 | — / .405 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 9 | Pedro Strop P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |