1:15 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Houston Astros at Kansas City Royals 12–3 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Wind out 11 mphWind blowing out toward center field helps fly balls carry.
- Jakob Junis: breakers in thin air44% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.118 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+11.0 mph · 0.6 mph
to 24 mph
- Temperature
- 89°F
- 48%
- 29.13 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 16 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.5 | Over -110 · Under -114 | 52% over | |
| — | HOU -235 · KC +185 | KC 35% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC +130 · HOU -152 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Wade Miley HOU · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 7 H, 2 , 2 BB, 4 K, 95 pitches
69% 10% 20%
Four-seam15%
Sinker6%
Cutter48%
Slider1%
Curveball9%
Changeup20%
- 90.4 mph
- 17.2 in
- 22%
- 20% / 8%
- 33%
- 51%
- .306
- 2,648
- 23% · 24% vs LHP
| 316 | 19% | .278 | 12.2 in | |
| 358 | 14% | .323 | 13.9 in |
| 865 | 18% | .321 | 10.9 in | |
| 2,019 | 18% | .340 | 10.1 in |
Jakob Junis KC · RHP
Today: 2.2 , 7 H, 5 , 2 BB, 2 K, 68 pitches
51% 44% 5%
Four-seam33%
Sinker17%
Sweeper42%
Curveball2%
Changeup5%
- 91.5 mph
- 14.1 in
- 22%
- 21% / 7%
- 41%
- 44%
- .343
- 2,856
- 18% · 18% vs RHP
| 790 | 24% | .320 | 14.7 in | |
| 485 | 19% | .346 | 15.9 in |
| 1,909 | 21% | .326 | 14.8 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 | Kyle Tucker RF · L | 36 | 92.2 | 13.0° | 48% | 16% | 28% | 1 | .381 | — / — | — | — | 1-6 1 HR |
| 2 | Jake Marisnick CF · R | 301 | 86.5 | 10.6° | 33% | 4% | 14% | 10 | .264 | — / .285 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 3 | Jack Mayfield SS · R | 55 | 86.0 | 19.3° | 18% | 3% | 15% | 1 | .166 | — / .150 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 4 | Yordan Alvarez DH · L Power in carry conditions | 326 | 92.6 | 13.8° | 50% | 18% | 17% | 25 | .423 | .513 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 5 | Myles Straw 2B · R | 113 | 83.6 | 7.6° | 15% | 1% | 3% | 0 | .310 | .386 / .314 | — | — | 1-1 |
| 6 | Garrett Stubbs LF · L | 34 | 85.7 | 11.6° | 31% | 0% | 4% | 0 | .294 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Aledmys Díaz 1B · R | 211 | 87.7 | 10.8° | 33% | 6% | 13% | 7 | .322 | — / .373 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 8 | Abraham Toro 3B · S | 70 | 85.1 | 5.1° | 32% | 6% | 6% | 2 | .300 | — / — | — | — | 2-5 |
| 9 | Martín Maldonado C · R | 351 | 88.1 | 11.5° | 36% | 8% | 14% | 12 | .293 | .249 / .245 | — | — | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield DH · R | 677 | 86.7 | 15.2° | 29% | 5% | 13% | 16 | .330 | .328 / .333 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Humberto Arteaga 3B · R | 120 | 83.6 | 8.1° | 22% | 0% | 5% | 0 | .249 | .219 / — | — | — | 1-1 |
| 3 | Brett Phillips RF · L | 60 | 86.2 | 13.9° | 20% | 0% | 9% | 1 | .214 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 4 | Erick Mejia SS · S | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 1-2 |
| 5 | Ryan McBroom LF · R | 37 | 84.8 | 4.7° | 27% | 4% | 8% | 0 | .307 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 6 | Cheslor Cuthbert 1B · R | 308 | 88.4 | 14.3° | 37% | 4% | 14% | 8 | .288 | .307 / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 7 | Bubba Starling CF · R | 172 | 81.1 | 12.7° | 18% | 3% | 17% | 4 | .238 | .187 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Nick Dini C · R | 43 | 89.7 | 22.3° | 42% | 4% | 13% | 1 | .268 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 372 | 84.5 | 3.1° | 20% | 1% | 6% | 2 | .232 | .234 / .235 | — | — | 1-4 |