7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals 2–5 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Jakob Junis: breakers in thin air46% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.132 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-6.0 mph · 4.2 mph
to 20 mph
- Temperature
- 79°F
- 68%
- 28.98 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 8 mph, In From RF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Over -124 · Under -118 | 55% over | |
| — | CWS -122 · KC +108 | KC 48% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -143 · CWS +118 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Lucas Giolito CWS · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 7 H, 3 , 1 BB, 5 K, 94 pitches
55% 21% 24%
Four-seam55%
Slider15%
Curveball6%
Changeup24%
- 94.1 mph
- 18.1 in
- 30%
- 30% / 10%
- 34%
- 38%
- .276
- 1,587
- 23% · 23% vs RHP
| 189 | 32% | .205 | 8.3 in | |
| 600 | 28% | .292 | 10.9 in |
| 676 | 21% | .250 | 9.8 in | |
| 1,258 | 24% | .346 | 10.3 in |
Jakob Junis KC · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 5 H, 1 , 2 BB, 10 K, 107 pitches
48% 46% 5%
Four-seam31%
Sinker18%
Sweeper44%
Curveball3%
Changeup5%
- 91.5 mph
- 14.6 in
- 22%
- 21% / 8%
- 41%
- 47%
- .343
- 1,819
- 25% · 25% vs RHP
| 404 | 23% | .295 | 14.0 in | |
| 485 | 19% | .346 | 15.9 in |
| 1,523 | 20% | .321 | 14.5 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 | Leury García SS · S | 348 | 87.6 | 3.7° | 30% | 4% | 8% | 5 | .283 | .334 / .282 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 2 | Yoán Moncada 3B · S Power in carry conditions | 351 | 93.5 | 12.5° | 49% | 13% | 17% | 16 | .362 | .303 / .362 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | José Abreu 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 382 | 91.9 | 12.6° | 50% | 16% | 14% | 21 | .362 | .242 / .368 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 4 | James McCann C · R | 260 | 89.9 | 8.7° | 46% | 9% | 6% | 9 | .345 | .324 / .380 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Jon Jay RF · L | 53 | 81.0 | 6.5° | 13% | 3% | 8% | 0 | .328 | — / — | — | — | 4-4 |
| 6 | Eloy Jiménez LF · R Power in carry conditions | 263 | 90.5 | 8.9° | 45% | 10% | 6% | 17 | .330 | .358 / .308 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | José Rondon DH · R | 142 | 87.1 | 7.2° | 33% | 3% | 6% | 3 | .257 | — / .208 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 8 | Yolmer Sánchez 2B · S | 282 | 86.6 | 12.7° | 26% | 1% | 10% | 1 | .272 | .185 / .284 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Charlie Tilson CF · L | 150 | 86.5 | 5.3° | 31% | 3% | 8% | 1 | .277 | .206 / .248 | — | — | 0-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 427 | 87.3 | 15.1° | 33% | 5% | 13% | 11 | .343 | .320 / .333 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 355 | 88.4 | 9.6° | 33% | 9% | 13% | 7 | .292 | .270 / .308 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 379 | 88.6 | 10.1° | 41% | 7% | 12% | 10 | .344 | .324 / .369 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R | 299 | 92.3 | 15.7° | 44% | 10% | 17% | 13 | .364 | .325 / .402 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 5 | Jorge Soler DH · R Power in carry conditions | 386 | 91.4 | 14.2° | 46% | 15% | 13% | 25 | .369 | .417 / .281 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 6 | Cheslor Cuthbert 1B · R | 139 | 88.2 | 12.0° | 37% | 6% | 17% | 5 | .274 | .330 / — | — | — | 2-4 |
| 7 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 214 | 84.5 | 2.4° | 22% | 0% | 6% | 1 | .236 | .224 / .235 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 8 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 100 | 83.4 | 12.8° | 21% | 1% | 15% | 1 | .250 | .256 / .143 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 9 | Billy Hamilton CF · S | 267 | 79.9 | 12.2° | 9% | 0% | 11% | 0 | .274 | .276 / .312 | — | — | 1-4 |