1:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals 12–8 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Jordan Zimmermann: breakers in thin air52% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.118 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-1.2 mph · 6.0 mph
to 16 mph
- Temperature
- 88°F
- 56%
- 29.13 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 8 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Over -118 · Under -106 | 54% over | |
| — | DET +124 · KC -143 | KC 59% | |
| KC -1.5 | KC +116 · DET -152 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Jordan Zimmermann DET · RHP
Today: 4.0 , 8 H, 7 , 0 BB, 2 K, 64 pitches
45% 52% 3%
Four-seam44%
Slider32%
Curveball20%
Changeup3%
- 90.3 mph
- 15.8 in
- 18%
- 15% / 7%
- 40%
- 38%
- .358
- 791
- 23% · 23% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 322 | 18% | .335 | 8.9 in |
| 703 | 16% | .336 | 7.9 in | |
| 1,662 | 18% | .347 | 9.1 in |
Homer Bailey KC · RHP
49% 24% 27%
Four-seam45%
Sinker4%
Slider14%
Splitter27%
- 92.8 mph
- 14.4 in
- 22%
- 21% / 10%
- 40%
- 46%
- .342
- 1,602
- 26% · 26% vs RHP
| 429 | 26% | .358 | 9.5 in | |
| 579 | 24% | .271 | 10.0 in |
| 776 | 21% | .354 | 8.7 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 | Victor Reyes CF · S | 39 | 84.0 | 4.6° | 31% | 3% | 0% | 0 | .247 | .248 / — | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Harold Castro RF · L | 113 | 87.4 | 5.4° | 30% | 4% | 10% | 1 | .330 | .319 / — | — | — | 4-6 |
| 3 | Nick Castellanos DH · R | 375 | 88.5 | 15.6° | 39% | 8% | 11% | 9 | .347 | .269 / .356 | — | — | 2-6 |
| 4 | Christin Stewart LF · L | 276 | 86.4 | 20.2° | 32% | 7% | 19% | 6 | .330 | .305 / .407 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 5 | Brandon Dixon 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 204 | 90.1 | 17.8° | 46% | 13% | 12% | 12 | .312 | .328 / .238 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Jeimer Candelario 3B · S | 231 | 87.9 | 16.6° | 35% | 6% | 20% | 6 | .284 | .233 / .278 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 7 | Niko Goodrum SS · S | 336 | 89.1 | 14.3° | 40% | 7% | 18% | 7 | .313 | .344 / .357 | — | — | 4-5 |
| 8 | John Hicks C · R | 186 | 88.2 | 15.9° | 31% | 4% | 16% | 4 | .237 | .341 / .296 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 9 | Gordon Beckham 2B · R Power in carry conditionsWind toward pull side | 154 | 88.4 | 14.8° | 41% | 11% | 24% | 3 | .308 | — / .430 | — | — | 1-5 1 HR |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield DH · R | 422 | 87.4 | 15.0° | 33% | 5% | 13% | 11 | .343 | .317 / .333 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 350 | 88.6 | 9.5° | 34% | 10% | 13% | 7 | .292 | .265 / .308 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 3 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 375 | 88.7 | 10.0° | 41% | 7% | 12% | 10 | .345 | .328 / .369 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R | 295 | 92.3 | 15.8° | 45% | 10% | 17% | 13 | .362 | .307 / .402 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 5 | Jorge Soler RF · R Power in carry conditions | 382 | 91.3 | 14.4° | 46% | 14% | 13% | 24 | .366 | .406 / .281 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Cheslor Cuthbert 1B · R | 138 | 88.2 | 12.1° | 37% | 6% | 17% | 5 | .274 | .331 / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 7 | Bubba Starling CF · R | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 210 | 84.4 | 2.5° | 21% | 0% | 6% | 1 | .238 | .230 / .235 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 96 | 83.2 | 12.8° | 22% | 1% | 13% | 1 | .245 | .241 / .143 | — | — | 2-4 |