7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals 5–7 final
- Thin airAir density 0.90: 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
0.90Thin air
1.103 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+7.3 mph · 8.4 mph
to 25 mph
- Temperature
- 91°F
- 57%
- 28.93 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 14 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.5 | Over -118 · Under -113 | 54% over | |
| — | CWS +107 · KC -122 | KC 55% | |
| KC -1.5 | KC +130 · CWS -175 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Iván Nova CWS · RHP
Today: 4.2 , 6 H, 6 , 5 BB, 2 K, 84 pitches
65% 19% 16%
Four-seam16%
Sinker38%
Cutter12%
Curveball19%
Changeup16%
- 92.3 mph
- 12.2 in
- 18%
- 15% / 6%
- 41%
- 46%
- .363
- 1,720
- 23% · 22% vs RHP
| 183 | 24% | .293 | 6.7 in | |
| 343 | 14% | .442 | 7.5 in |
| 1,400 | 17% | .332 | 7.7 in | |
| 1,284 | 17% | .359 | 8.7 in |
Danny Duffy KC · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 6 H, 2 , 0 BB, 5 K, 90 pitches
50% 43% 8%
Four-seam42%
Sinker7%
Slider30%
Curveball12%
Changeup8%
- 92.1 mph
- 17.4 in
- 21%
- 19% / 9%
- 37%
- 37%
- .349
- 1,306
- 25% · 25% vs LHP
| 311 | 20% | .418 | 6.5 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 2,603 | 20% | .324 | 8.6 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 | Leury García CF · S | 357 | 87.6 | 3.6° | 30% | 4% | 8% | 5 | .283 | .315 / .282 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Yoán Moncada 3B · S Power in carry conditions | 360 | 93.6 | 12.2° | 49% | 12% | 16% | 16 | .361 | .308 / .362 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | José Abreu 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 391 | 92.0 | 12.2° | 50% | 15% | 14% | 21 | .362 | .271 / .368 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 4 | James McCann C · R | 268 | 89.9 | 9.1° | 46% | 10% | 7% | 10 | .342 | .306 / .380 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Jon Jay LF · L | 61 | 80.9 | 7.1° | 15% | 4% | 6% | 0 | .324 | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | Welington Castillo DH · R Power in carry conditions | 121 | 90.3 | 12.5° | 45% | 12% | 11% | 5 | .348 | — / .393 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | AJ Reed PH · L | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 1-1 1 HR |
| 8 | Yolmer Sánchez 2B · S | 289 | 86.5 | 12.6° | 26% | 1% | 10% | 1 | .269 | .170 / .284 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Ryan Goins SS · L | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 2-3 1 HR |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 437 | 87.3 | 14.8° | 32% | 6% | 13% | 12 | .345 | .329 / .333 | — | — | 3-3 |
| 2 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 147 | 88.4 | 12.5° | 37% | 6% | 16% | 5 | .276 | .327 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 388 | 88.6 | 9.9° | 41% | 7% | 11% | 10 | .343 | .324 / .369 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier DH · R Power in carry conditions | 308 | 92.2 | 15.3° | 44% | 11% | 18% | 14 | .370 | .361 / .402 | — | — | 1-2 |
| 5 | Billy Hamilton CF · S | 273 | 79.9 | 12.3° | 8% | 0% | 11% | 0 | .270 | .257 / .312 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 6 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 222 | 84.7 | 2.5° | 22% | 0% | 8% | 1 | .236 | .224 / .235 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 7 | Bubba Starling RF · R | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | .161 | .161 / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | Lucas Duda 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 105 | 91.1 | 23.7° | 46% | 12% | 20% | 3 | .297 | .142 / .318 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Meibrys Viloria C · L | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |