1:10 PM EDT · Progressive Field
Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians 4–5 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Typical air
1.141 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-6.5 mph · 0.2 mph
to 15 mph
- Temperature
- 79°F
- 86%
- 29.24 inHg
- Elevation
- 653 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 5 mph, In From LF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Over -104 · Under -118 | 51% over | |
| — | KC +182 · CLE -240 | CLE 71% | |
| CLE -1.5 | CLE -118 · KC -106 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Glenn Sparkman KC · RHP
Today: 5.2 , 9 H, 4 , 2 BB, 1 K, 97 pitches
60% 26% 15%
Four-seam59%
Slider7%
Curveball19%
Changeup15%
- 93.7 mph
- 14.2 in
- 16%
- 13% / 6%
- 43%
- 40%
- .354
- 1,167
- 22% · 23% vs RHP
| 414 | 18% | .316 | 11.5 in | |
| 74 | 10% | .380 | 17.0 in |
| 760 | 21% | .305 | 9.1 in | |
| 74 | 10% | .380 | 17.0 in |
Zach Plesac CLE · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 4 H, 2 , 2 BB, 6 K, 106 pitches
54% 27% 19%
Four-seam54%
Slider17%
Curveball10%
Changeup19%
- 94.3 mph
- 16.2 in
- 19%
- 18% / 9%
- 36%
- 43%
- .356
- 766
- 23% · 22% vs RHP
| 199 | 21% | .339 | 6.8 in | |
| 86 | 14% | .372 | 10.5 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 | 456 | 87.2 | 15.2° | 32% | 5% | 13% | 12 | .344 | .329 / .333 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 401 | 88.6 | 9.6° | 41% | 7% | 11% | 10 | .342 | .323 / .369 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Hunter Dozier DH · R | 325 | 92.0 | 15.6° | 44% | 10% | 18% | 15 | .367 | .350 / .402 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Jorge Soler RF · R | 412 | 91.0 | 14.3° | 45% | 14% | 13% | 26 | .367 | .398 / .281 | — | — | 3-3 1 HR |
| 5 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 165 | 88.6 | 11.5° | 37% | 6% | 15% | 6 | .285 | .333 / — | — | — | 2-4 |
| 6 | Humberto Arteaga SS · R | 55 | 83.6 | 4.8° | 15% | 0% | 2% | 0 | .254 | .284 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Bubba Starling CF · R | 27 | 77.7 | 5.5° | 18% | 0% | 12% | 0 | .228 | .228 / — | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 8 | Lucas Duda 1B · L | 109 | 91.0 | 22.5° | 46% | 12% | 19% | 3 | .294 | .156 / .318 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 113 | 84.0 | 12.6° | 23% | 1% | 15% | 1 | .269 | .297 / .143 | — | — | 0-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francisco Lindor DH · S | 354 | 91.2 | 10.5° | 42% | 8% | 13% | 15 | .345 | .279 / .412 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 2 | Óscar Mercado CF · R | 221 | 87.6 | 11.5° | 33% | 5% | 13% | 7 | .309 | .376 / .272 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 417 | 92.2 | 9.3° | 45% | 9% | 11% | 21 | .378 | .322 / .378 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Jason Kipnis 2B · L | 322 | 88.3 | 12.1° | 35% | 5% | 14% | 7 | .324 | .355 / .319 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | José Ramírez 3B · S | 403 | 88.8 | 21.0° | 33% | 5% | 23% | 9 | .330 | .314 / .334 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Greg Allen LF · S | 94 | 87.6 | 11.3° | 40% | 6% | 13% | 2 | .304 | — / .327 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Mike Freeman SS · L | 94 | 85.7 | 9.0° | 31% | 2% | 6% | 3 | .297 | — / .381 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Kevin Plawecki C · R | 107 | 86.4 | 16.3° | 29% | 6% | 11% | 2 | .310 | — / .288 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Tyler Naquin RF · L | 207 | 91.8 | 12.6° | 42% | 11% | 13% | 9 | .352 | .502 / .270 | — | — | 1-4 |