12:15 PM CDT · Busch Stadium
Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals 8–2 final
- Wind out 8 mphWind blowing out toward center field helps fly balls carry.
Conditions at first pitch
0.94Typical air
1.146 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+8.2 mph · 11.4 mph
to 26 mph
- Temperature
- 81°F
- 52%
- 29.35 inHg
- Elevation
- 460 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 14 mph, In From RF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | Over -108 · Under -116 | 52% over | |
| — | KC +158 · STL -200 | STL 67% | |
| STL -1.5 | STL +102 · KC -124 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Brad Keller KC · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 2 H, 2 , 4 BB, 3 K, 105 pitches
64% 34% 2%
Four-seam39%
Sinker25%
Slider34%
Changeup2%
- 92.8 mph
- 14.9 in
- 20%
- 16% / 14%
- 42%
- 51%
- .364
- 1,020
- 21% · 22% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 436 | 22% | .344 | 8.7 in |
| 1,081 | 19% | .330 | 6.9 in | |
| 737 | 22% | .332 | 8.5 in |
Michael Wacha STL · RHP
Today: 4.2 , 7 H, 6 , 3 BB, 4 K, 86 pitches
67% 13% 20%
Four-seam48%
Cutter19%
Curveball13%
Changeup20%
- 92.5 mph
- 17.7 in
- 19%
- 20% / 14%
- 36%
- 44%
- .356
- 763
- 22% · 22% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 184 | 20% | .380 | 14.6 in |
| 703 | 18% | .351 | 14.2 in | |
| 1,011 | 17% | .361 | 16.4 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield CF · R | 212 | 87.5 | 16.6° | 33% | 5% | 12% | 6 | .341 | — / .315 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 28 | 85.6 | 11.3° | 14% | 0% | 14% | 0 | .348 | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 3 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S Power in carry conditions | 205 | 88.8 | 11.3° | 34% | 11% | 12% | 5 | .326 | — / .304 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 4 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 193 | 88.6 | 10.2° | 41% | 9% | 12% | 8 | .384 | — / .387 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 5 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R | 182 | 91.7 | 12.0° | 42% | 10% | 13% | 9 | .379 | — / .422 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 6 | Jorge Soler RF · R | 194 | 90.0 | 12.6° | 42% | 9% | 13% | 10 | .320 | — / .270 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 7 | Ryan O'Hearn 1B · L | 151 | 91.7 | 13.7° | 48% | 9% | 10% | 4 | .308 | — / .373 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 48 | 79.4 | 13.3° | 21% | 0% | 8% | 0 | .196 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Kevin McCarthy P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Carpenter 3B · L | 201 | 88.8 | 22.1° | 34% | 8% | 21% | 5 | .315 | .360 / .245 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 2 | Paul Goldschmidt 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 209 | 89.7 | 14.0° | 40% | 12% | 13% | 10 | .363 | .232 / .337 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Tyler Webb P · L | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 4 | Marcell Ozuna LF · R Power in carry conditionsWind toward pull side | 193 | 92.5 | 13.2° | 52% | 17% | 20% | 13 | .388 | .385 / .367 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Dexter Fowler CF · S | 147 | 86.8 | 11.3° | 36% | 6% | 22% | 3 | .385 | .473 / .328 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 6 | Jedd Gyorko 2B · R | 42 | 86.1 | 16.5° | 31% | 0% | 4% | 0 | .233 | — / .280 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 7 | José A. Martínez RF · R | 154 | 90.8 | 9.8° | 44% | 7% | 10% | 3 | .410 | — / .488 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 8 | Matt Wieters C · S | 22 | 91.4 | 14.5° | 40% | 7% | 20% | 1 | .283 | — / — | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Yairo Muñoz SS · R | 36 | 81.0 | 2.1° | 21% | 3% | 7% | 0 | .248 | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |