7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals 5–4 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Typical air
1.143 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+2.7 mph · 5.1 mph
to 12 mph
- Temperature
- 79°F
- 52%
- 29.19 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 6 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | Over -107 · Under -112 | 52% over | |
| — | CLE -152 · KC +116 | KC 46% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -142 · CLE +104 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Adam Plutko CLE · RHP
Today: 5.1 , 7 H, 3 , 2 BB, 1 K, 102 pitches
80% 11% 9%
Four-seam57%
Cutter23%
Curveball11%
Changeup9%
- 91.0 mph
- 18.5 in
- 18%
- 16% / 3%
- 30%
- 31%
- .306
- 758
- 23% · 22% vs RHP
| 269 | 17% | .281 | 11.9 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 344 | 17% | .318 | 11.0 in | |
| 195 | 16% | .405 | 11.4 in |
Mike Montgomery KC · LHP
Today: 5.0 , 5 H, 1 , 1 BB, 0 K, 64 pitches
51% 29% 20%
Four-seam10%
Sinker37%
Cutter5%
Curveball29%
Changeup20%
- 92.6 mph
- 12.8 in
- 19%
- 14% / 10%
- 50%
- 43%
- .428
- 538
- 22% · 19% vs LHP
| 94 | 15% | .455 | 10.9 in | |
| 53 | 12% | .388 | 13.9 in |
| 895 | 25% | .294 | 12.8 in | |
| 1,238 | 19% | .315 | 15.5 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 | 373 | 90.9 | 10.4° | 43% | 8% | 13% | 16 | .345 | .279 / .412 | — | — | 3-8 1 HR |
| 2 | Óscar Mercado CF · R | 239 | 87.8 | 12.0° | 34% | 5% | 13% | 8 | .309 | .376 / .272 | — | — | 1-7 |
| 3 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 434 | 92.2 | 10.0° | 45% | 9% | 12% | 21 | .373 | .322 / .378 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 4 | Mike Freeman LF · L | 102 | 84.2 | 9.5° | 31% | 2% | 5% | 3 | .287 | — / .381 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 5 | José Ramírez 3B · S | 420 | 88.9 | 20.8° | 33% | 5% | 23% | 10 | .332 | .314 / .334 | — | — | 3-6 1 HR |
| 6 | Jason Kipnis 2B · L | 339 | 88.1 | 12.6° | 35% | 5% | 15% | 7 | .322 | .355 / .319 | — | — | 3-5 |
| 7 | Roberto Pérez C · R | 278 | 90.3 | 7.7° | 45% | 12% | 5% | 16 | .336 | .296 / .371 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Jake Bauers DH · L | 355 | 87.8 | 14.4° | 32% | 5% | 13% | 11 | .295 | .346 / .275 | — | — | 2-7 |
| 9 | Greg Allen RF · S | 104 | 87.3 | 11.0° | 38% | 6% | 14% | 2 | .320 | — / .327 | — | — | 0-7 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 470 | 87.0 | 15.2° | 31% | 5% | 13% | 12 | .338 | .320 / .333 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 413 | 88.7 | 9.5° | 41% | 7% | 12% | 11 | .344 | .332 / .369 | — | — | 3-6 |
| 3 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R | 337 | 92.1 | 15.7° | 44% | 11% | 18% | 15 | .368 | .357 / .402 | — | — | 1-5 1 HR |
| 4 | Jorge Soler DH · R | 424 | 91.1 | 14.1° | 46% | 14% | 13% | 27 | .370 | .394 / .281 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 5 | Cheslor Cuthbert 1B · R | 177 | 88.8 | 11.2° | 39% | 5% | 15% | 6 | .285 | .324 / — | — | — | 1-7 |
| 6 | Bubba Starling CF · R | 35 | 81.7 | 6.5° | 29% | 4% | 17% | 1 | .265 | .215 / — | — | — | 3-7 |
| 7 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 246 | 84.7 | 2.6° | 22% | 0% | 7% | 1 | .233 | .222 / .235 | — | — | 0-6 |
| 8 | Meibrys Viloria C · L | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 2-5 |
| 9 | Humberto Arteaga SS · R | 63 | 84.2 | 3.2° | 20% | 0% | 2% | 0 | .256 | .278 / — | — | — | 0-0 |