7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals 8–0 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Chris Sale: breakers in thin air42% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
- Jakob Junis: breakers in thin air45% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.116 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+1.0 mph · 3.6 mph
to 21 mph
- Temperature
- 84°F
- 67%
- 28.86 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 7 mph, L To R.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | Over -110 · Under -110 | 52% over | |
| — | BOS -240 · KC +205 | KC 33% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC +114 · BOS -144 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Chris Sale BOS · LHP
Today: 9.0 , 3 H, 0 , 0 BB, 12 K, 102 pitches
43% 42% 15%
Four-seam33%
Sinker10%
Slider42%
Changeup15%
- 92.8 mph
- 12.5 in
- 30%
- 34% / 7%
- 39%
- 41%
- .291
- 1,162
- 23% · 25% vs LHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 965 | 31% | .300 | 15.3 in |
| 769 | 25% | .268 | 13.9 in | |
| 3,104 | 28% | .273 | 15.0 in |
Jakob Junis KC · RHP
Today: 4.2 , 8 H, 5 , 3 BB, 5 K, 99 pitches
50% 45% 5%
Four-seam29%
Sinker21%
Sweeper41%
Curveball4%
Changeup5%
- 91.5 mph
- 15.6 in
- 22%
- 21% / 8%
- 42%
- 49%
- .354
- 1,131
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 98 | 24% | .296 | 13.5 in | |
| 485 | 19% | .346 | 15.9 in |
| 1,217 | 19% | .327 | 14.6 in | |
| 1,537 | 19% | .337 | 15.3 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 | 275 | 90.3 | 18.4° | 43% | 11% | 13% | 9 | .387 | — / .386 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 2 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 256 | 87.8 | 17.1° | 33% | 9% | 12% | 6 | .342 | — / .347 | — | — | 3-4 |
| 3 | J.D. Martinez DH · R Power in carry conditions | 238 | 92.3 | 14.1° | 48% | 13% | 13% | 12 | .431 | — / .439 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 4 | Rafael Devers 3B · L | 253 | 93.2 | 9.4° | 51% | 7% | 11% | 8 | .386 | — / .374 | — | — | 2-5 1 HR |
| 5 | Xander Bogaerts SS · R Power in carry conditions | 256 | 92.0 | 14.0° | 47% | 11% | 17% | 12 | .370 | — / .385 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Brock Holt 2B · L | 40 | 83.5 | 0.7° | 12% | 0% | 19% | 0 | .255 | — / .257 | — | — | 3-5 |
| 7 | Michael Chavis 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 170 | 89.0 | 12.0° | 39% | 16% | 14% | 10 | .348 | — / .411 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 8 | Jackie Bradley Jr. CF · L | 198 | 90.1 | 8.3° | 42% | 6% | 6% | 4 | .288 | — / .291 | — | — | 1-2 |
| 9 | Sandy León C · S | 59 | 81.3 | 23.6° | 18% | 0% | 10% | 2 | .229 | — / .251 | — | — | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terrance Gore RF · R | 35 | 81.1 | 3.4° | 20% | 0% | 25% | 0 | .208 | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 2 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S Power in carry conditions | 261 | 88.4 | 10.4° | 33% | 11% | 12% | 6 | .315 | .349 / .307 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Ryan O'Hearn LF · L | 193 | 91.0 | 12.8° | 43% | 7% | 8% | 5 | .299 | — / .358 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 4 | Jorge Soler DH · R Power in carry conditions | 246 | 90.0 | 13.9° | 44% | 12% | 14% | 15 | .343 | .321 / .268 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 5 | Cheslor Cuthbert 1B · R | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | .245 | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 6 | Kelvin Gutiérrez 3B · R | 64 | 89.6 | -2.9° | 43% | 2% | 2% | 1 | .242 | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 7 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 82 | 84.2 | 3.3° | 16% | 0% | 6% | 0 | .241 | .222 / .152 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Martín Maldonado C · R | 166 | 88.2 | 13.6° | 34% | 5% | 11% | 2 | .290 | — / .248 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Billy Hamilton CF · S | 180 | 78.8 | 9.8° | 8% | 0% | 10% | 0 | .274 | .223 / .297 | — | — | 0-3 |