12:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals 6–4 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Matthew Boyd: breakers in thin air41% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.124 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+5.6 mph · 4.3 mph
to 18 mph
- Temperature
- 86°F
- 60%
- 29.18 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 8 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | Over -110 · Under -110 | 52% over | |
| — | DET -108 · KC -110 | KC 52% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -157 · DET +135 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Matthew Boyd DET · LHP
Today: 6.1 , 10 H, 3 , 0 BB, 6 K, 94 pitches
53% 41% 6%
Four-seam49%
Sinker4%
Slider37%
Curveball4%
Changeup6%
- 91.9 mph
- 15.2 in
- 28%
- 32% / 6%
- 36%
- 36%
- .294
- 2,740
- 22% · 24% vs LHP
| 689 | 29% | .292 | 6.1 in | |
| 667 | 25% | .282 | 6.7 in |
| 1,697 | 23% | .287 | 7.6 in | |
| 1,789 | 25% | .314 | 8.4 in |
Glenn Sparkman KC · RHP
Today: 4.0 , 7 H, 4 , 0 BB, 2 K, 63 pitches
61% 26% 13%
Four-seam61%
Slider11%
Curveball15%
Changeup13%
- 93.4 mph
- 13.9 in
- 15%
- 13% / 7%
- 42%
- 38%
- .355
- 1,902
- 27% · 27% vs RHP
| 779 | 16% | .339 | 10.3 in | |
| 74 | 10% | .380 | 17.0 in |
| 1,125 | 19% | .325 | 9.1 in | |
| 74 | 10% | .380 | 17.0 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victor Reyes RF · S | 196 | 86.9 | 8.7° | 29% | 3% | 10% | 1 | .294 | .303 / — | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Harold Castro CF · L | 292 | 86.6 | 8.1° | 27% | 4% | 9% | 4 | .276 | .327 / — | — | — | 3-5 |
| 3 | Christin Stewart DH · L | 333 | 86.9 | 19.5° | 34% | 7% | 19% | 7 | .332 | .316 / .410 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 4 | Ronny Rodríguez 2B · R | 251 | 88.0 | 14.8° | 42% | 8% | 19% | 13 | .289 | — / .330 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Jeimer Candelario 1B · S | 317 | 87.8 | 15.9° | 34% | 7% | 19% | 7 | .291 | .302 / .280 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | Brandon Dixon LF · R Power in carry conditions | 371 | 90.2 | 16.2° | 44% | 12% | 13% | 14 | .315 | .376 / .285 | — | — | 1-3 1 HR |
| 7 | Dawel Lugo 3B · R | 206 | 87.0 | 5.9° | 34% | 4% | 5% | 3 | .278 | .287 / .256 | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 8 | Grayson Greiner C · R | 174 | 85.1 | 12.6° | 30% | 5% | 10% | 5 | .240 | .325 / .238 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Willi Castro SS · S | 46 | 85.4 | 21.7° | 27% | 4% | 15% | 0 | .187 | — / — | — | — | 1-2 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 637 | 86.9 | 14.9° | 30% | 5% | 13% | 16 | .333 | .322 / .333 | — | — | 4-5 |
| 2 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 375 | 88.3 | 8.9° | 33% | 9% | 12% | 7 | .291 | .267 / .308 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 3 | Jorge Soler DH · R Power in carry conditions | 584 | 92.6 | 15.2° | 50% | 17% | 15% | 40 | .391 | .421 / .281 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier RF · R Power in carry conditions | 498 | 91.8 | 16.8° | 44% | 11% | 18% | 24 | .360 | .310 / .402 | — | — | 3-3 |
| 5 | Ryan McBroom 1B · R | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Cheslor Cuthbert 3B · R | 295 | 88.5 | 14.0° | 37% | 5% | 13% | 8 | .288 | .307 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Bubba Starling LF · R | 155 | 81.3 | 12.3° | 20% | 3% | 16% | 3 | .232 | .195 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Erick Mejia CF · S | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Ryan O'Hearn PH · L | 318 | 90.3 | 12.7° | 41% | 8% | 9% | 11 | .302 | .217 / .358 | — | — | 0-1 |