7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals 8–7 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Jakob Junis: breakers in thin air47% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.132 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+1.3 mph · 14.8 mph
to 22 mph
- Temperature
- 76°F
- 88%
- 28.82 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Overcast, wind 9 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | Over -109 · Under -120 | 52% over | |
| — | MIN -165 · KC +143 | KC 41% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -107 · MIN -120 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Martín Pérez MIN · LHP
Today: 5.0 , 5 H, 4 , 3 BB, 2 K, 79 pitches
75% 6% 19%
Four-seam18%
Sinker24%
Cutter33%
Curveball6%
Changeup19%
- 94.3 mph
- 16.7 in
- 24%
- 22% / 10%
- 27%
- 48%
- .296
- 1,317
- 23% · 25% vs LHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 585 | 23% | .285 | 10.3 in |
| 2,703 | 17% | .349 | 6.9 in | |
| 1,465 | 17% | .340 | 8.2 in |
Jakob Junis KC · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 6 H, 2 , 2 BB, 8 K, 100 pitches
49% 47% 4%
Four-seam30%
Sinker20%
Sweeper44%
Curveball3%
Changeup4%
- 91.6 mph
- 15.2 in
- 22%
- 21% / 8%
- 41%
- 47%
- .350
- 1,410
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 196 | 23% | .285 | 14.3 in | |
| 485 | 19% | .346 | 15.9 in |
| 1,315 | 19% | .323 | 14.7 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 | Max Kepler CF · L Power in carry conditions | 300 | 91.2 | 18.2° | 45% | 11% | 25% | 19 | .366 | — / .391 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Jorge Polanco SS · S | 320 | 88.7 | 22.1° | 37% | 8% | 18% | 11 | .371 | — / .368 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 3 | Nelson Cruz DH · R Power in carry conditions | 208 | 93.7 | 12.9° | 51% | 20% | 17% | 13 | .407 | — / .418 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Eddie Rosario LF · L Power in carry conditions | 304 | 90.2 | 17.2° | 38% | 11% | 20% | 19 | .352 | — / .347 | — | — | 3-5 |
| 5 | C.J. Cron 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 274 | 90.9 | 12.7° | 46% | 15% | 15% | 15 | .393 | — / .382 | — | — | 1-5 1 HR |
| 6 | Jason Castro C · L Power in carry conditions | 124 | 92.2 | 16.6° | 51% | 23% | 15% | 8 | .427 | — / .356 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Miguel Sanó 3B · R Power in carry conditionsWind toward pull side | 108 | 91.0 | 17.6° | 53% | 14% | 20% | 7 | .315 | — / .319 | — | — | 1-5 1 HR |
| 8 | Willians Astudillo RF · R | 129 | 86.4 | 13.9° | 32% | 4% | 15% | 3 | .336 | — / .372 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 9 | Jonathan Schoop 2B · R | 256 | 88.2 | 11.0° | 40% | 9% | 15% | 12 | .325 | — / .306 | — | — | 2-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 338 | 88.0 | 14.8° | 33% | 6% | 13% | 10 | .346 | .267 / .333 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 135 | 84.6 | 1.9° | 21% | 0% | 6% | 1 | .243 | .220 / .235 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 3 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R | 217 | 92.0 | 14.8° | 42% | 10% | 16% | 11 | .375 | .257 / .402 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Jorge Soler DH · R Power in carry conditions | 307 | 91.0 | 13.6° | 45% | 14% | 14% | 20 | .368 | .342 / .281 | — | — | 1-3 1 HR |
| 5 | Cheslor Cuthbert 1B · R | 74 | 86.4 | 9.4° | 34% | 4% | 12% | 3 | .255 | .278 / — | — | — | 3-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Humberto Arteaga SS · R | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Martín Maldonado C · R | 208 | 88.5 | 12.2° | 35% | 6% | 12% | 3 | .292 | .277 / .252 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Terrance Gore LF · R | 49 | 80.5 | 2.2° | 17% | 0% | 22% | 0 | .215 | .221 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Billy Hamilton CF · S | 231 | 79.5 | 11.1° | 9% | 0% | 11% | 0 | .286 | .281 / .312 | — | — | 0-4 |