7:10 PM CDT · Minute Maid Park
Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros 4–6 final
- Roof closedPlayed indoors, so outdoor air density and wind have little effect.
Conditions at first pitch
0.96Indoors
1.173 kg/m³ at first pitch. The roof was closed, so outdoor conditions mostly did not apply.
Indoors
to 19 mph
- Temperature
- 76°F
- 79%
- 29.85 inHg
- Elevation
- 45 ft
- —
- Roof closed
MLB's recorded conditions: Roof Closed, wind 0 mph, None.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Over -120 · Under -103 | 55% over | |
| — | KC +240 · HOU -290 | HOU 74% | |
| HOU -1.5 | HOU -134 · KC +114 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Jakob Junis KC · RHP
Today: 5.1 , 9 H, 5 , 2 BB, 3 K, 99 pitches
52% 43% 5%
Four-seam24%
Sinker27%
Sweeper38%
Curveball5%
Changeup5%
- 91.2 mph
- 15.9 in
- 22%
- 20% / 7%
- 42%
- 49%
- .339
- 644
- 19% · 18% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 386 | 19% | .341 | 15.6 in |
| 1,119 | 18% | .330 | 14.8 in | |
| 1,438 | 19% | .335 | 15.2 in |
Gerrit Cole HOU · RHP
Today: 6.1 , 7 H, 4 , 0 BB, 9 K, 107 pitches
53% 40% 7%
Four-seam51%
Sinker2%
Slider23%
Changeup7%
- 96.7 mph
- 18.6 in
- 33%
- 38% / 9%
- 42%
- 40%
- .271
- 716
- 23% · 22% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 205 | 34% | .161 | 12.1 in |
| 1,405 | 22% | .271 | 10.6 in | |
| 1,644 | 22% | .301 | 12.0 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 | 158 | 88.4 | 15.3° | 36% | 7% | 9% | 5 | .347 | — / .323 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 154 | 89.6 | 13.3° | 36% | 14% | 13% | 4 | .334 | — / .302 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 3 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 147 | 89.7 | 9.9° | 41% | 9% | 11% | 6 | .384 | — / .382 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier DH · R | 131 | 93.3 | 15.3° | 45% | 13% | 16% | 8 | .419 | — / .433 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Jorge Soler RF · R | 145 | 90.1 | 14.9° | 40% | 10% | 15% | 8 | .293 | — / .272 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Ryan O'Hearn 1B · L | 114 | 92.2 | 12.8° | 51% | 8% | 10% | 3 | .313 | — / .383 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Kelvin Gutiérrez 3B · R | 37 | 91.1 | 0.5° | 44% | 4% | 4% | 1 | .291 | — / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Martín Maldonado C · R | 99 | 88.7 | 13.7° | 32% | 6% | 11% | 1 | .271 | — / .227 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Billy Hamilton CF · S | 107 | 78.7 | 11.0° | 7% | 0% | 10% | 0 | .282 | — / .305 | — | — | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Springer DH · R | 153 | 92.0 | 9.6° | 55% | 15% | 11% | 10 | .392 | — / .417 | — | — | 2-5 1 HR |
| 2 | Jose Altuve 2B · R | 146 | 88.2 | 15.2° | 42% | 10% | 16% | 9 | .364 | — / .274 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 3 | Alex Bregman 3B · R | 140 | 88.8 | 22.7° | 37% | 5% | 16% | 9 | .394 | — / .397 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Michael Brantley LF · L | 142 | 89.0 | 8.0° | 38% | 5% | 12% | 7 | .350 | — / .332 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Carlos Correa SS · R | 131 | 90.1 | 10.3° | 47% | 13% | 16% | 7 | .381 | — / .399 | — | — | 3-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Josh Reddick RF · L | 113 | 86.0 | 13.8° | 29% | 4% | 14% | 3 | .351 | — / .292 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 7 | Yuli Gurriel 1B · R | 129 | 88.2 | 15.9° | 32% | 2% | 14% | 2 | .301 | — / .301 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Robinson Chirinos C · R | 94 | 83.7 | 24.4° | 30% | 6% | 14% | 3 | .262 | — / .221 | — | — | 2-3 1 HR |
| 9 | Jake Marisnick CF · R | 52 | 88.4 | 0.8° | 50% | 3% | 13% | 2 | .257 | — / .183 | — | — | 0-1 |