7:10 PM EDT · Progressive Field
Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians 1–0 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Jakob Junis: breakers in thin air47% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.119 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-0.5 mph · 2.1 mph
to 8 mph
- Temperature
- 87°F
- 73%
- 29.17 inHg
- Elevation
- 653 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 8 mph, Out To RF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Over -106 · Under -118 | 51% over | |
| — | KC +150 · CLE -175 | CLE 64% | |
| CLE -1.5 | CLE -124 · KC -121 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Jakob Junis KC · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 2 H, 0 , 3 BB, 7 K, 94 pitches
48% 47% 5%
Four-seam31%
Sinker17%
Sweeper44%
Curveball2%
Changeup5%
- 91.5 mph
- 14.5 in
- 23%
- 22% / 8%
- 41%
- 47%
- .341
- 1,926
- 22% · 23% vs RHP
| 511 | 26% | .298 | 14.5 in | |
| 485 | 19% | .346 | 15.9 in |
| 1,630 | 21% | .320 | 14.7 in | |
| 1,537 | 19% | .337 | 15.3 in |
Adam Plutko CLE · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 2 H, 1 , 1 BB, 4 K, 103 pitches
81% 10% 9%
Four-seam58%
Cutter22%
Curveball10%
Changeup9%
- 91.0 mph
- 18.6 in
- 17%
- 16% / 3%
- 32%
- 30%
- .331
- 655
- 23% · 22% vs RHP
| 166 | 16% | .366 | 12.6 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 241 | 16% | .389 | 11.0 in | |
| 195 | 16% | .405 | 11.4 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 452 | 87.3 | 15.3° | 32% | 5% | 13% | 12 | .345 | .332 / .333 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 397 | 88.8 | 9.9° | 42% | 7% | 11% | 10 | .345 | .333 / .369 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 321 | 92.0 | 15.1° | 44% | 10% | 18% | 14 | .371 | .365 / .402 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Jorge Soler DH · R Power in carry conditions | 408 | 91.0 | 14.0° | 44% | 14% | 13% | 26 | .367 | .400 / .281 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 5 | Cheslor Cuthbert 1B · R | 161 | 88.6 | 11.7° | 37% | 6% | 15% | 6 | .290 | .345 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Humberto Arteaga SS · R | 51 | 83.2 | 4.5° | 13% | 0% | 3% | 0 | .261 | .311 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 234 | 84.8 | 2.3° | 22% | 0% | 7% | 1 | .239 | .234 / .235 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 110 | 83.7 | 12.3° | 22% | 1% | 14% | 1 | .269 | .299 / .143 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 9 | Billy Hamilton CF · S | 277 | 80.1 | 12.2° | 9% | 0% | 12% | 0 | .268 | .251 / .312 | — | — | 0-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francisco Lindor SS · S | 350 | 91.2 | 10.5° | 42% | 8% | 14% | 15 | .344 | .268 / .412 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Óscar Mercado CF · R | 217 | 87.5 | 11.2° | 33% | 5% | 14% | 7 | .312 | .393 / .272 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 413 | 92.2 | 9.3° | 45% | 9% | 11% | 21 | .378 | .320 / .378 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 4 | Jason Kipnis 2B · L | 318 | 88.3 | 12.0° | 35% | 5% | 14% | 7 | .327 | .375 / .319 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | José Ramírez 3B · S | 399 | 88.8 | 21.1° | 33% | 5% | 23% | 9 | .332 | .326 / .334 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Jake Bauers DH · L | 334 | 87.5 | 14.1° | 32% | 6% | 13% | 11 | .293 | .366 / .275 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Roberto Pérez C · R Power in carry conditions | 265 | 90.2 | 6.8° | 46% | 12% | 5% | 16 | .342 | .300 / .371 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 8 | Greg Allen LF · S | 91 | 87.1 | 11.5° | 38% | 7% | 13% | 2 | .301 | — / .327 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Tyler Naquin RF · L Power in carry conditions | 204 | 91.7 | 12.3° | 42% | 11% | 13% | 9 | .357 | .537 / .270 | — | — | 0-3 |