7:10 PM EDT · Progressive Field
Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians 5–10 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Shane Bieber: breakers in thin air48% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.119 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+5.3 mph · 8.6 mph
to 20 mph
- Temperature
- 87°F
- 69%
- 29.15 inHg
- Elevation
- 653 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 12 mph, Out To RF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.5 | Over -116 · Under -112 | 54% over | |
| — | KC +144 · CLE -265 | CLE 73% | |
| CLE -1.5 | CLE +104 · KC -122 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Mike Montgomery KC · LHP
Today: 2.0 , 6 H, 5 , 0 BB, 1 K, 45 pitches
51% 28% 20%
Four-seam9%
Sinker38%
Cutter4%
Curveball28%
Changeup20%
- 92.6 mph
- 13.0 in
- 20%
- 15% / 11%
- 49%
- 44%
- .423
- 493
- 22% · 20% vs LHP
| 49 | 21% | .440 | 11.3 in | |
| 53 | 12% | .388 | 13.9 in |
| 850 | 26% | .285 | 13.0 in | |
| 1,238 | 19% | .315 | 15.5 in |
Shane Bieber CLE · RHP
Today: 5.2 , 7 H, 5 , 4 BB, 6 K, 103 pitches
44% 48% 8%
Four-seam44%
Slider28%
Changeup8%
- 93.2 mph
- 18.0 in
- 31%
- 31% / 5%
- 46%
- 48%
- .310
- 1,870
- 23% · 22% vs RHP
| 209 | 43% | .235 | 7.5 in | |
| 570 | 29% | .395 | 8.3 in |
| 574 | 33% | .330 | 8.2 in | |
| 570 | 29% | .395 | 8.3 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield DH · R | 447 | 87.2 | 15.0° | 32% | 5% | 13% | 12 | .347 | .337 / .333 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 392 | 88.7 | 10.1° | 41% | 7% | 12% | 10 | .343 | .325 / .369 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 3 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 317 | 92.0 | 15.0° | 44% | 11% | 18% | 14 | .373 | .374 / .402 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Jorge Soler RF · R Power in carry conditions | 404 | 91.1 | 13.5° | 45% | 14% | 13% | 26 | .369 | .408 / .281 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 5 | Cheslor Cuthbert 1B · R | 157 | 88.6 | 11.2° | 37% | 6% | 16% | 6 | .287 | .343 / — | — | — | 0-2 |
| 6 | Humberto Arteaga SS · R | 47 | 83.7 | 2.4° | 14% | 0% | 3% | 0 | .252 | .294 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 230 | 84.7 | 2.2° | 22% | 0% | 7% | 1 | .237 | .229 / .235 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Bubba Starling CF · R | 23 | 76.2 | 8.1° | 13% | 0% | 13% | 0 | .252 | .252 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Meibrys Viloria C · L | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 1-2 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francisco Lindor SS · S | 345 | 91.1 | 10.4° | 42% | 8% | 14% | 15 | .344 | .265 / .412 | — | — | 3-5 |
| 2 | Óscar Mercado CF · R | 212 | 87.4 | 11.2° | 33% | 5% | 12% | 7 | .304 | .370 / .272 | — | — | 5-5 |
| 3 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 408 | 92.2 | 9.5° | 45% | 9% | 11% | 21 | .380 | .326 / .378 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 4 | Greg Allen LF · S | 90 | 87.1 | 11.5° | 38% | 7% | 13% | 2 | .296 | — / .327 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 5 | José Ramírez 3B · S | 393 | 88.9 | 21.0° | 33% | 5% | 23% | 9 | .332 | .321 / .334 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 6 | Jason Kipnis 2B · L | 313 | 88.3 | 12.1° | 35% | 5% | 13% | 7 | .326 | .372 / .319 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Roberto Pérez C · R Power in carry conditions | 260 | 90.2 | 6.7° | 47% | 13% | 5% | 16 | .346 | .317 / .371 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Jake Bauers DH · L | 330 | 87.5 | 14.0° | 32% | 6% | 12% | 11 | .290 | .353 / .275 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Tyler Naquin RF · L | 200 | 91.5 | 12.2° | 41% | 10% | 12% | 8 | .345 | .494 / .270 | — | — | 2-3 1 HR |