1:10 PM EDT · Progressive Field
Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians 9–8 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.95Typical air
1.170 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+2.4 mph · 8.3 mph
to 17 mph
- Temperature
- 73°F
- 46%
- 29.49 inHg
- Elevation
- 653 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 9 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Over -110 · Under -110 | 52% over | |
| — | KC +290 · CLE -360 | CLE 78% | |
| CLE -1.5 | CLE -172 · KC +145 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Eric Skoglund KC · LHP
Today: 5.0 , 2 H, 2 , 3 BB, 0 K, 83 pitches
Not enough pitches this season for a profile yet.
Shane Bieber CLE · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 6 H, 2 , 2 BB, 8 K, 111 pitches
44% 48% 8%
Four-seam44%
Slider28%
Changeup8%
- 93.1 mph
- 17.8 in
- 30%
- 31% / 5%
- 43%
- 46%
- .297
- 2,480
- 23% · 22% vs RHP
| 312 | 36% | .265 | 7.0 in | |
| 570 | 29% | .395 | 8.3 in |
| 677 | 31% | .329 | 7.8 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 RF · R | 591 | 87.0 | 15.3° | 31% | 5% | 13% | 15 | .339 | .322 / .333 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Jorge Soler DH · R | 539 | 92.3 | 14.7° | 49% | 16% | 15% | 35 | .386 | .409 / .281 | — | — | 1-5 1 HR |
| 3 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R | 454 | 92.1 | 16.5° | 44% | 11% | 18% | 22 | .363 | .325 / .402 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 4 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 521 | 88.4 | 9.2° | 39% | 6% | 10% | 12 | .331 | .322 / .369 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 5 | Ryan O'Hearn 1B · L | 285 | 89.8 | 12.8° | 40% | 6% | 7% | 7 | .271 | .163 / .358 | — | — | 2-3 2 HR |
| 6 | Bubba Starling CF · R | 121 | 80.2 | 8.8° | 19% | 3% | 15% | 2 | .224 | .196 / — | — | — | 0-5 |
| 7 | Nick Dini C · R | 17 | 90.2 | 24.4° | 45% | 9% | 9% | 1 | .231 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Humberto Arteaga SS · R | 106 | 83.8 | 7.7° | 21% | 0% | 5% | 0 | .246 | .232 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 328 | 84.6 | 2.2° | 21% | 1% | 6% | 2 | .240 | .233 / .235 | — | — | 2-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francisco Lindor SS · S | 508 | 91.1 | 10.7° | 43% | 7% | 12% | 22 | .345 | .303 / .412 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 2 | Óscar Mercado CF · R | 348 | 87.3 | 13.2° | 33% | 4% | 13% | 10 | .306 | .347 / .272 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 3 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 552 | 91.8 | 10.7° | 45% | 10% | 14% | 30 | .375 | .350 / .378 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 4 | Yasiel Puig RF · R | 488 | 89.8 | 14.6° | 39% | 9% | 11% | 24 | .328 | .335 / .307 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 5 | Franmil Reyes DH · R | 432 | 92.5 | 10.7° | 48% | 14% | 13% | 30 | .353 | .329 / .392 | — | — | 2-5 2 HR |
| 6 | Jason Kipnis 2B · L | 451 | 87.8 | 14.0° | 36% | 6% | 16% | 13 | .327 | .353 / .319 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Mike Freeman PH · L | 137 | 83.9 | 9.1° | 32% | 4% | 7% | 4 | .300 | .340 / .381 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 8 | Tyler Naquin PH · L | 284 | 90.6 | 13.2° | 39% | 9% | 12% | 10 | .331 | .478 / .270 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 9 | Greg Allen LF · S | 188 | 86.7 | 7.1° | 36% | 4% | 14% | 4 | .298 | .360 / .327 | — | — | 0-4 |