7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals 8–3 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.123 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+6.0 mph · 2.3 mph
to 15 mph
- Temperature
- 81°F
- 69%
- 28.85 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 10 mph, L To R.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Over -118 · Under -104 | 54% over | |
| — | BOS -200 · KC +174 | KC 36% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC +112 · BOS -130 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Eduardo Rodriguez BOS · LHP
Today: 5.2 , 6 H, 2 , 0 BB, 7 K, 89 pitches
72% 6% 22%
Four-seam39%
Sinker13%
Cutter20%
Slider2%
Curveball4%
Changeup22%
- 92.5 mph
- 14.6 in
- 27%
- 25% / 8%
- 30%
- 45%
- .302
- 1,065
- 23% · 25% vs LHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 778 | 27% | .296 | 8.7 in |
| 391 | 21% | .282 | 7.9 in | |
| 2,809 | 25% | .306 | 6.7 in |
Glenn Sparkman KC · RHP
Today: 5.1 , 3 H, 1 , 1 BB, 2 K, 80 pitches
64% 26% 11%
Four-seam64%
Slider2%
Curveball23%
Changeup11%
- 94.1 mph
- 15.0 in
- 17%
- 15% / 6%
- 48%
- 38%
- .372
- 435
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 127 | 18% | .512 | 16.2 in | |
| 74 | 10% | .380 | 17.0 in |
| 473 | 22% | .349 | 9.0 in | |
| 74 | 10% | .380 | 17.0 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mookie Betts RF · R Power in carry conditions | 270 | 90.3 | 18.4° | 44% | 11% | 12% | 9 | .386 | — / .386 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 251 | 87.8 | 16.9° | 32% | 9% | 12% | 6 | .342 | — / .347 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | J.D. Martinez DH · R Power in carry conditions | 233 | 92.4 | 14.0° | 48% | 13% | 13% | 12 | .424 | — / .439 | — | — | 3-5 |
| 4 | Rafael Devers 3B · L | 248 | 93.1 | 9.6° | 51% | 7% | 11% | 8 | .380 | — / .374 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Xander Bogaerts SS · R Power in carry conditions | 251 | 91.9 | 14.2° | 47% | 12% | 17% | 12 | .372 | — / .385 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Eduardo Núñez 2B · R | 101 | 88.1 | 6.5° | 33% | 1% | 5% | 1 | .222 | — / .193 | — | — | 1-1 1 HR |
| 7 | Michael Chavis 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 166 | 89.0 | 12.3° | 39% | 16% | 13% | 10 | .354 | — / .411 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Christian Vázquez C · R | 162 | 89.5 | 11.9° | 43% | 5% | 15% | 7 | .314 | — / .323 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Jackie Bradley Jr. CF · L | 194 | 89.8 | 8.0° | 41% | 6% | 6% | 4 | .287 | — / .291 | — | — | 0-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 267 | 87.6 | 14.5° | 33% | 5% | 13% | 7 | .343 | .252 / .319 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 2 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 78 | 84.2 | 3.0° | 17% | 0% | 7% | 0 | .252 | .261 / .152 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S Power in carry conditions | 257 | 88.5 | 11.0° | 34% | 11% | 12% | 6 | .318 | .390 / .307 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 241 | 88.6 | 10.4° | 42% | 9% | 11% | 9 | .360 | .232 / .379 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 5 | Jorge Soler DH · R Power in carry conditions | 242 | 89.8 | 13.5° | 43% | 12% | 14% | 15 | .343 | .322 / .268 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Cheslor Cuthbert 1B · R | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — / — | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 7 | Kelvin Gutiérrez 3B · R | 60 | 89.6 | -1.8° | 43% | 3% | 3% | 1 | .242 | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Martín Maldonado C · R | 163 | 88.2 | 14.0° | 35% | 5% | 11% | 2 | .296 | — / .248 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Billy Hamilton CF · S | 177 | 79.0 | 10.5° | 8% | 0% | 11% | 0 | .275 | .215 / .297 | — | — | 2-3 |