12:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals 7–5 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Danny Duffy: breakers in thin air43% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.133 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-2.3 mph · 6.1 mph
to 16 mph
- Temperature
- 78°F
- 67%
- 28.95 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 5 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Over -112 · Under -116 | 53% over | |
| — | BOS -132 · KC +115 | KC 47% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -132 · BOS +114 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Ryan Weber BOS · RHP
Today: 1.1 , 5 H, 2 , 0 BB, 1 K, 33 pitches
48% 35% 18%
Four-seam7%
Sinker41%
Slider18%
Curveball16%
Changeup18%
- 88.7 mph
- 9.2 in
- 11%
- 16% / 4%
- 32%
- 53%
- .311
- 307
- 23% · 22% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 159 | 9% | .399 | 20.8 in |
| 270 | 10% | .320 | 20.4 in | |
| 197 | 9% | .376 | 21.1 in |
Danny Duffy KC · LHP
Today: 2.1 , 4 H, 4 , 2 BB, 2 K, 51 pitches
51% 43% 7%
Four-seam41%
Sinker10%
Slider28%
Curveball14%
Changeup7%
- 91.8 mph
- 18.0 in
- 21%
- 20% / 8%
- 36%
- 39%
- .332
- 682
- 21% · 20% vs LHP
| 2,292 | 20% | .310 | 9.0 in | |
| 789 | 23% | .365 | 6.8 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 | 280 | 90.4 | 18.3° | 43% | 11% | 12% | 9 | .384 | — / .386 | — | — | 1-3 1 HR |
| 2 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 261 | 88.0 | 17.1° | 33% | 9% | 12% | 6 | .347 | — / .347 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 3 | Xander Bogaerts SS · R Power in carry conditions | 261 | 91.8 | 13.8° | 47% | 12% | 16% | 12 | .372 | — / .385 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Sam Travis DH · R | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 5 | Rafael Devers 3B · L | 258 | 93.2 | 9.9° | 51% | 8% | 11% | 9 | .387 | — / .374 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 6 | Christian Vázquez C · R | 166 | 89.5 | 11.8° | 43% | 5% | 15% | 7 | .307 | — / .323 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Michael Chavis 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 175 | 88.8 | 11.3° | 39% | 15% | 14% | 10 | .341 | — / .411 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Eduardo Núñez 2B · R | 102 | 88.3 | 6.7° | 34% | 2% | 6% | 2 | .234 | — / .193 | — | — | 3-4 |
| 9 | Jackie Bradley Jr. CF · L | 202 | 90.2 | 8.4° | 43% | 6% | 6% | 4 | .292 | — / .291 | — | — | 0-2 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 274 | 87.5 | 14.6° | 33% | 5% | 13% | 7 | .339 | .242 / .319 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S Power in carry conditions | 266 | 88.4 | 10.2° | 33% | 11% | 12% | 6 | .313 | .328 / .307 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 3 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 248 | 88.8 | 10.2° | 42% | 8% | 12% | 9 | .359 | .251 / .379 | — | — | 3-5 1 HR |
| 4 | Jorge Soler DH · R Power in carry conditions | 249 | 89.9 | 14.1° | 43% | 12% | 14% | 15 | .341 | .305 / .268 | — | — | 2-5 1 HR |
| 5 | Ryan O'Hearn 1B · L | 193 | 91.0 | 12.8° | 43% | 7% | 8% | 5 | .299 | — / .358 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 6 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 19 | 90.8 | 0.4° | 50% | 8% | 8% | 2 | .247 | — / — | — | — | 2-5 1 HR |
| 7 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 85 | 84.1 | 2.8° | 16% | 0% | 6% | 0 | .235 | .207 / .152 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 8 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 65 | 81.8 | 14.0° | 23% | 0% | 13% | 0 | .228 | — / .131 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 9 | Billy Hamilton CF · S | 183 | 78.8 | 10.1° | 8% | 0% | 10% | 0 | .270 | .196 / .297 | — | — | 2-4 |