7:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals 8–3 final
- Thin airAir density 0.93: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Jakob Junis: breakers in thin air47% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Thin air
1.138 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+5.1 mph · 6.7 mph
to 21 mph
- Temperature
- 81°F
- 53%
- 29.20 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 12 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | Over -114 · Under -107 | 53% over | |
| — | CLE -200 · KC +114 | KC 47% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -160 · CLE +123 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Zach Plesac CLE · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 6 H, 0 , 2 BB, 4 K, 104 pitches
54% 27% 19%
Four-seam54%
Slider18%
Curveball9%
Changeup19%
- 94.2 mph
- 16.2 in
- 20%
- 19% / 9%
- 38%
- 43%
- .353
- 872
- 23% · 22% vs RHP
| 199 | 21% | .339 | 6.8 in | |
| 86 | 14% | .372 | 10.5 in |
Jakob Junis KC · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 10 H, 6 , 2 BB, 5 K, 99 pitches
48% 47% 5%
Four-seam31%
Sinker17%
Sweeper45%
Curveball2%
Changeup5%
- 91.6 mph
- 14.4 in
- 23%
- 22% / 8%
- 41%
- 46%
- .337
- 2,020
- 22% · 23% vs RHP
| 605 | 26% | .290 | 14.5 in | |
| 485 | 19% | .346 | 15.9 in |
| 1,724 | 21% | .316 | 14.7 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 | Francisco Lindor SS · S | 381 | 91.1 | 10.3° | 43% | 8% | 13% | 17 | .346 | .279 / .412 | — | — | 3-5 |
| 2 | Óscar Mercado CF · R | 246 | 87.7 | 11.4° | 34% | 4% | 13% | 8 | .308 | .376 / .272 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Mike Freeman 3B · L | 105 | 84.3 | 9.6° | 30% | 2% | 5% | 3 | .285 | — / .381 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 4 | Jason Kipnis 2B · L | 346 | 88.2 | 12.8° | 36% | 5% | 15% | 7 | .325 | .355 / .319 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 5 | José Ramírez DH · S | 427 | 89.0 | 20.6° | 34% | 6% | 24% | 11 | .335 | .314 / .334 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Jake Bauers 1B · L | 362 | 88.0 | 14.1° | 33% | 5% | 12% | 11 | .295 | .346 / .275 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 7 | Greg Allen LF · S | 111 | 87.1 | 10.2° | 38% | 5% | 14% | 2 | .315 | — / .327 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Kevin Plawecki C · R | 115 | 87.0 | 16.5° | 30% | 6% | 14% | 2 | .302 | — / .288 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Tyler Naquin RF · L Power in carry conditions | 214 | 91.7 | 12.4° | 41% | 11% | 13% | 9 | .349 | .502 / .270 | — | — | 3-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 477 | 86.9 | 15.4° | 31% | 5% | 13% | 12 | .339 | .320 / .333 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 420 | 88.7 | 9.5° | 41% | 7% | 12% | 11 | .343 | .332 / .369 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 3 | Hunter Dozier DH · R Power in carry conditions | 344 | 92.0 | 16.1° | 43% | 11% | 18% | 16 | .371 | .357 / .402 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Jorge Soler RF · R Power in carry conditions | 431 | 91.2 | 14.3° | 45% | 14% | 13% | 27 | .370 | .394 / .281 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 5 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 184 | 88.8 | 11.4° | 38% | 5% | 15% | 6 | .283 | .324 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Bubba Starling CF · R | 42 | 82.6 | 6.0° | 32% | 4% | 18% | 1 | .265 | .215 / — | — | — | 2-4 |
| 7 | Lucas Duda 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 115 | 91.4 | 22.1° | 46% | 13% | 21% | 4 | .305 | .240 / .318 | — | — | 2-3 |
| 8 | Humberto Arteaga SS · R | 63 | 84.2 | 3.2° | 20% | 0% | 2% | 0 | .256 | .278 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 121 | 84.1 | 12.4° | 22% | 1% | 15% | 1 | .253 | .274 / .143 | — | — | 2-4 |