12:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals 8–4 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.
+2.9 mph · 3.0 mph
to 15 mph
- Temperature
- 82°F
- 70%
- 29.05 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 11 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Over -118 · Under -104 | 54% over | |
| — | CLE -126 · KC +108 | KC 48% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -148 · CLE +114 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Zach Plesac CLE · RHP
Today: 2.2 , 2 H, 2 , 3 BB, 1 K, 58 pitches
55% 26% 19%
Four-seam55%
Slider16%
Curveball10%
Changeup19%
- 94.4 mph
- 16.2 in
- 19%
- 19% / 8%
- 37%
- 40%
- .356
- 669
- 23% · 23% vs RHP
| 102 | 23% | .328 | 8.1 in | |
| 86 | 14% | .372 | 10.5 in |
Homer Bailey KC · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 6 H, 2 , 2 BB, 3 K, 93 pitches
48% 24% 27%
Four-seam44%
Sinker4%
Slider15%
Splitter27%
- 92.8 mph
- 14.5 in
- 23%
- 21% / 10%
- 39%
- 46%
- .335
- 1,509
- 22% · 23% vs RHP
| 336 | 27% | .336 | 8.9 in | |
| 579 | 24% | .271 | 10.0 in |
| 683 | 21% | .342 | 8.4 in | |
| 1,063 | 21% | .327 | 9.7 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 | 300 | 91.2 | 10.2° | 42% | 9% | 14% | 12 | .365 | .341 / .412 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 2 | Óscar Mercado CF · R | 177 | 87.5 | 11.5° | 33% | 4% | 12% | 4 | .302 | .341 / .272 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Carlos Santana DH · S | 363 | 92.4 | 8.8° | 46% | 10% | 11% | 19 | .391 | .409 / .378 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 4 | Jason Kipnis 2B · L | 275 | 88.2 | 12.8° | 36% | 5% | 13% | 6 | .337 | .470 / .319 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | José Ramírez 3B · S | 350 | 88.1 | 21.9° | 30% | 5% | 22% | 5 | .325 | .266 / .334 | — | — | 2-5 2 HR |
| 6 | Jake Bauers 1B · L | 296 | 87.3 | 12.7° | 32% | 6% | 11% | 10 | .289 | .364 / .275 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Kevin Plawecki C · R | 99 | 86.5 | 16.0° | 29% | 6% | 12% | 2 | .285 | — / .288 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 8 | Mike Freeman LF · L | 85 | 86.1 | 7.6° | 30% | 2% | 4% | 2 | .292 | — / .381 | — | — | 1-1 |
| 9 | Tyler Naquin RF · L | 170 | 91.8 | 11.3° | 41% | 9% | 12% | 6 | .337 | .565 / .270 | — | — | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield CF · R | 395 | 87.6 | 14.5° | 33% | 5% | 13% | 11 | .342 | .305 / .333 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 323 | 88.2 | 9.7° | 32% | 10% | 13% | 7 | .296 | .261 / .308 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Alex Gordon DH · L | 349 | 88.8 | 9.9° | 42% | 8% | 12% | 10 | .341 | .319 / .369 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 269 | 92.1 | 15.5° | 44% | 11% | 15% | 13 | .374 | .317 / .402 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 5 | Jorge Soler RF · R Power in carry conditions | 358 | 91.2 | 13.7° | 45% | 14% | 12% | 23 | .359 | .383 / .281 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 6 | Cheslor Cuthbert 1B · R | 116 | 87.9 | 12.2° | 35% | 4% | 16% | 4 | .260 | .300 / — | — | — | 2-4 |
| 7 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 187 | 84.0 | 2.5° | 21% | 0% | 6% | 1 | .240 | .232 / .235 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 87 | 82.4 | 13.0° | 22% | 0% | 11% | 0 | .235 | .210 / .143 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 9 | Terrance Gore LF · R | 53 | 80.7 | 4.5° | 15% | 0% | 19% | 0 | .218 | .229 / — | — | — | 1-3 |