1:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Cleveland Guardians at Kansas City Royals 6–9 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Wind out 12 mphWind blowing out toward center field helps fly balls carry.
- Danny Duffy: breakers in thin air41% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.117 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+12.4 mph · 6.4 mph
to 31 mph
- Temperature
- 89°F
- 45%
- 29.09 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 17 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | Over -112 · Under -120 | 53% over | |
| — | CLE -182 · KC +150 | KC 40% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC +100 · CLE -114 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Trevor Bauer CLE · RHP
Today: 4.1 , 9 H, 7 , 4 BB, 6 K, 91 pitches
57% 34% 8%
Four-seam38%
Sinker4%
Cutter15%
Sweeper14%
Changeup8%
- 94.7 mph
- 16.8 in
- 27%
- 28% / 9%
- 39%
- 39%
- .310
- 2,593
- 23% · 22% vs RHP
| 458 | 31% | .302 | 19.2 in | |
| 817 | 27% | .302 | 20.1 in |
| 2,030 | 26% | .301 | 18.5 in | |
| 2,620 | 25% | .309 | 18.8 in |
Danny Duffy KC · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 7 H, 4 , 2 BB, 5 K, 96 pitches
50% 41% 9%
Four-seam43%
Sinker7%
Slider30%
Curveball12%
Changeup9%
- 92.2 mph
- 17.3 in
- 22%
- 21% / 8%
- 36%
- 37%
- .337
- 1,495
- 22% · 19% vs LHP
| 500 | 22% | .359 | 7.0 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 2,792 | 21% | .319 | 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 | Francisco Lindor SS · S | 391 | 91.1 | 10.5° | 43% | 8% | 13% | 18 | .350 | .304 / .412 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Óscar Mercado CF · R | 256 | 87.9 | 11.5° | 35% | 4% | 13% | 8 | .310 | .374 / .272 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Carlos Santana DH · S | 441 | 92.2 | 9.8° | 45% | 9% | 12% | 21 | .374 | .322 / .378 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Jordan Luplow RF · R Power in carry conditions | 197 | 89.2 | 15.8° | 38% | 12% | 14% | 10 | .331 | .342 / .238 | — | — | 1-3 1 HR |
| 5 | José Ramírez 3B · S | 437 | 89.1 | 20.4° | 34% | 6% | 24% | 13 | .343 | .362 / .334 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Kevin Plawecki C · R | 119 | 86.5 | 17.1° | 31% | 6% | 13% | 2 | .300 | — / .288 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 7 | Jake Bauers 1B · L | 372 | 88.0 | 14.1° | 33% | 5% | 12% | 11 | .291 | .320 / .275 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 8 | Greg Allen LF · S | 120 | 87.1 | 9.8° | 36% | 5% | 13% | 2 | .305 | .361 / .327 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Mike Freeman 2B · L | 115 | 84.1 | 9.8° | 30% | 2% | 8% | 3 | .297 | .354 / .381 | — | — | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 485 | 86.9 | 15.0° | 31% | 5% | 13% | 12 | .338 | .318 / .333 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 428 | 88.7 | 9.5° | 40% | 7% | 12% | 11 | .341 | .323 / .369 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 3 | Hunter Dozier RF · R Power in carry conditions | 352 | 91.9 | 16.7° | 43% | 10% | 18% | 16 | .367 | .342 / .402 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 4 | Jorge Soler DH · R Power in carry conditions | 438 | 91.3 | 14.1° | 46% | 14% | 13% | 27 | .370 | .393 / .281 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Ryan O'Hearn 1B · L | 217 | 90.2 | 12.2° | 40% | 7% | 8% | 6 | .288 | .135 / .358 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 192 | 88.4 | 11.3° | 37% | 5% | 14% | 6 | .285 | .325 / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 7 | Bubba Starling CF · R | 50 | 82.8 | 9.2° | 26% | 3% | 18% | 1 | .275 | .238 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 255 | 84.5 | 2.3° | 21% | 0% | 7% | 1 | .230 | .220 / .235 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Meibrys Viloria C · L | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | .263 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |