6:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals 1–4 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Matthew Boyd: breakers in thin air41% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.115 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+1.1 mph · 4.0 mph
to 14 mph
- Temperature
- 89°F
- 47%
- 29.06 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 4 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Over -116 · Under -106 | 54% over | |
| — | DET -107 · KC -138 | KC 58% | |
| KC -1.5 | KC -180 · DET +150 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Matthew Boyd DET · LHP
Today: 7.0 , 6 H, 4 , 4 BB, 10 K, 109 pitches
54% 41% 5%
Four-seam51%
Sinker3%
Slider36%
Curveball5%
Changeup5%
- 91.7 mph
- 15.4 in
- 28%
- 32% / 5%
- 36%
- 37%
- .286
- 1,736
- 23% · 25% vs LHP
| 282 | 31% | .255 | 6.0 in | |
| 667 | 25% | .282 | 6.7 in |
| 1,290 | 21% | .279 | 8.1 in | |
| 1,789 | 25% | .314 | 8.4 in |
Brad Keller KC · RHP
Today: 8.0 , 4 H, 1 , 0 BB, 7 K, 104 pitches
64% 34% 2%
Four-seam38%
Sinker25%
Slider34%
Changeup2%
- 93.0 mph
- 14.4 in
- 18%
- 16% / 11%
- 41%
- 50%
- .352
- 1,877
- 26% · 26% vs RHP
| 195 | 20% | .270 | 9.0 in | |
| 641 | 21% | .362 | 8.7 in |
| 1,276 | 19% | .320 | 7.3 in | |
| 942 | 21% | .346 | 8.5 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victor Reyes CF · S | 35 | 83.8 | 3.3° | 31% | 4% | 0% | 0 | .268 | .291 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 2 | Nick Castellanos RF · R | 371 | 88.8 | 15.9° | 39% | 8% | 11% | 9 | .348 | .274 / .356 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Miguel Cabrera DH · R | 325 | 90.4 | 11.3° | 46% | 5% | 9% | 5 | .343 | .362 / .320 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Christin Stewart LF · L | 272 | 86.3 | 20.3° | 31% | 7% | 19% | 6 | .334 | .336 / .407 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Brandon Dixon 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 201 | 90.2 | 18.4° | 47% | 13% | 12% | 12 | .314 | .352 / .238 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 6 | Jeimer Candelario 3B · S | 228 | 87.9 | 16.4° | 35% | 6% | 21% | 6 | .287 | .259 / .278 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Harold Castro 2B · L | 110 | 87.3 | 5.7° | 30% | 4% | 9% | 1 | .331 | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | John Hicks C · R | 185 | 88.2 | 15.9° | 32% | 4% | 16% | 4 | .234 | .317 / .296 | — | — | 1-1 |
| 9 | Jordy Mercer SS · R | 90 | 87.4 | 14.3° | 41% | 9% | 10% | 1 | .338 | — / .358 | — | — | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 418 | 87.5 | 15.0° | 33% | 6% | 13% | 11 | .341 | .308 / .333 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 2 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 346 | 88.5 | 9.5° | 33% | 10% | 13% | 7 | .293 | .270 / .308 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 3 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 371 | 88.8 | 10.0° | 41% | 7% | 12% | 10 | .344 | .325 / .369 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 291 | 92.4 | 15.5° | 45% | 10% | 16% | 13 | .363 | .313 / .402 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Billy Hamilton DH · S | 267 | 79.9 | 12.2° | 9% | 0% | 11% | 0 | .274 | .276 / .312 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 6 | Cheslor Cuthbert 1B · R | 134 | 87.9 | 12.4° | 35% | 5% | 18% | 5 | .273 | .332 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Bubba Starling CF · R | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 207 | 84.2 | 2.5° | 20% | 0% | 6% | 1 | .236 | .223 / .235 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Martín Maldonado C · R | 258 | 88.1 | 11.2° | 34% | 7% | 13% | 6 | .296 | .268 / .252 | — | — | 0-3 |