7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals 4–0 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
1.124 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+5.2 mph · 4.3 mph
to 17 mph
- Temperature
- 82°F
- 61%
- 28.94 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 9 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Over -118 · Under -114 | 54% over | |
| — | CLE -150 · KC +130 | KC 43% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -126 · CLE +102 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Mike Clevinger CLE · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 4 H, 0 , 0 BB, 9 K, 79 pitches
56% 34% 10%
Four-seam56%
Sweeper22%
Curveball12%
Changeup10%
- 95.8 mph
- 17.5 in
- 37%
- 41% / 13%
- 39%
- 35%
- .295
- 324
- 23% · 23% vs RHP
| 91 | 19% | .367 | 16.6 in | |
| 106 | 42% | .225 | 16.8 in |
| 714 | 23% | .326 | 15.8 in | |
| 1,124 | 26% | .276 | 17.2 in |
Danny Duffy KC · LHP
Today: 6.2 , 5 H, 2 , 5 BB, 3 K, 108 pitches
49% 43% 8%
Four-seam41%
Sinker8%
Slider30%
Curveball13%
Changeup8%
- 92.1 mph
- 17.5 in
- 21%
- 20% / 8%
- 37%
- 37%
- .353
- 1,142
- 22% · 21% vs LHP
| 147 | 18% | .507 | 5.5 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 2,439 | 20% | .324 | 8.7 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 | Francisco Lindor SS · S | 295 | 91.4 | 10.7° | 43% | 9% | 14% | 12 | .366 | .352 / .412 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Óscar Mercado CF · R | 172 | 87.4 | 12.2° | 33% | 4% | 13% | 4 | .304 | .361 / .272 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 359 | 92.5 | 8.9° | 46% | 10% | 11% | 18 | .392 | .426 / .378 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Jordan Luplow LF · R Power in carry conditions | 160 | 88.8 | 15.3° | 38% | 10% | 13% | 9 | .321 | — / .238 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 5 | José Ramírez 3B · S | 346 | 88.2 | 21.5° | 31% | 5% | 23% | 5 | .328 | .299 / .334 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Jason Kipnis 2B · L | 271 | 88.1 | 12.8° | 36% | 5% | 13% | 6 | .338 | .500 / .319 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Roberto Pérez C · R Power in carry conditions | 224 | 90.3 | 6.7° | 45% | 14% | 5% | 14 | .352 | .299 / .371 | — | — | 2-3 1 HR |
| 8 | Jake Bauers DH · L | 292 | 87.3 | 12.5° | 32% | 6% | 11% | 10 | .286 | .346 / .275 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 9 | Tyler Naquin RF · L | 165 | 91.8 | 11.6° | 41% | 9% | 12% | 6 | .329 | — / .270 | — | — | 0-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 391 | 87.5 | 14.4° | 32% | 5% | 13% | 11 | .339 | .287 / .333 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 2 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 319 | 88.3 | 10.0° | 32% | 10% | 13% | 7 | .299 | .277 / .308 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 345 | 89.0 | 10.0° | 43% | 8% | 12% | 10 | .340 | .315 / .369 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 265 | 92.3 | 15.5° | 45% | 11% | 16% | 13 | .377 | .336 / .402 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Jorge Soler DH · R Power in carry conditions | 354 | 91.3 | 13.8° | 45% | 14% | 13% | 23 | .362 | .396 / .281 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Lucas Duda 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 94 | 91.3 | 23.0° | 47% | 13% | 22% | 3 | .320 | — / .318 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Martín Maldonado C · R | 242 | 88.0 | 11.0° | 35% | 8% | 13% | 5 | .304 | .270 / .252 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 184 | 84.0 | 2.4° | 21% | 0% | 6% | 1 | .243 | .242 / .235 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Billy Hamilton CF · S | 261 | 79.7 | 12.2° | 8% | 0% | 11% | 0 | .272 | .285 / .312 | — | — | 0-3 |