1:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals 2–0 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.129 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-5.9 mph · 0.5 mph
to 16 mph
- Temperature
- 82°F
- 43%
- 28.98 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 9 mph, In From RF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Over -103 · Under -130 | 51% over | |
| — | CWS -148 · KC +118 | KC 46% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -127 · CWS +110 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Lucas Giolito CWS · RHP
Today: 7.2 , 3 H, 0 , 2 BB, 11 K, 111 pitches
55% 21% 24%
Four-seam55%
Slider13%
Curveball7%
Changeup24%
- 94.0 mph
- 18.4 in
- 28%
- 30% / 8%
- 35%
- 36%
- .273
- 1,033
- 23% · 22% vs RHP
| 78 | 21% | .236 | 10.9 in | |
| 600 | 28% | .292 | 10.9 in |
| 565 | 17% | .263 | 10.4 in | |
| 1,258 | 24% | .346 | 10.3 in |
Brad Keller KC · RHP
Today: 8.0 , 5 H, 2 , 1 BB, 4 K, 98 pitches
63% 35% 2%
Four-seam39%
Sinker24%
Slider35%
Changeup2%
- 92.8 mph
- 14.8 in
- 18%
- 16% / 12%
- 40%
- 51%
- .354
- 1,335
- 26% · 26% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 546 | 21% | .336 | 8.7 in |
| 1,081 | 19% | .330 | 6.9 in | |
| 847 | 21% | .328 | 8.5 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leury García CF · S | 229 | 87.3 | 4.6° | 30% | 4% | 9% | 2 | .286 | — / .298 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 2 | Yoán Moncada 3B · S Power in carry conditions | 264 | 93.2 | 12.0° | 47% | 13% | 18% | 12 | .362 | — / .369 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | José Abreu 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 266 | 92.1 | 14.3° | 52% | 19% | 14% | 16 | .376 | — / .390 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 4 | James McCann C · R | 154 | 90.0 | 11.8° | 44% | 9% | 5% | 4 | .354 | — / .377 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | José Rondon DH · R | 91 | 85.6 | 6.1° | 29% | 2% | 5% | 2 | .210 | — / .187 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Ryan Cordell RF · R | 105 | 88.5 | 17.4° | 38% | 9% | 14% | 3 | .307 | — / .316 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Tim Anderson SS · R | 219 | 88.0 | 8.2° | 39% | 7% | 12% | 9 | .342 | — / .303 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | Yolmer Sánchez 2B · S | 186 | 86.5 | 10.5° | 29% | 2% | 9% | 1 | .291 | — / .293 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Charlie Tilson LF · L | 109 | 87.1 | 9.4° | 32% | 4% | 10% | 1 | .295 | — / .262 | — | — | 0-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 283 | 87.7 | 14.7° | 32% | 5% | 13% | 7 | .337 | .250 / .319 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 257 | 89.0 | 10.2° | 43% | 9% | 13% | 10 | .360 | .286 / .379 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S Power in carry conditions | 275 | 88.3 | 10.1° | 33% | 10% | 13% | 6 | .313 | .325 / .307 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Jorge Soler DH · R Power in carry conditions | 258 | 90.1 | 14.0° | 43% | 12% | 14% | 16 | .346 | .344 / .268 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 28 | 93.3 | 7.0° | 50% | 10% | 5% | 3 | .317 | .350 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 93 | 84.0 | 3.4° | 15% | 0% | 7% | 0 | .241 | .228 / .152 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Ryan O'Hearn 1B · L | 202 | 90.6 | 12.6° | 43% | 7% | 8% | 5 | .294 | .178 / .358 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 69 | 81.9 | 13.8° | 21% | 0% | 13% | 0 | .243 | .273 / .131 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Terrance Gore CF · R | 36 | 81.1 | 3.4° | 20% | 0% | 25% | 0 | .201 | — / — | — | — | 0-2 |