7:20 PM EDT · SunTrust Park
Kansas City Royals at Atlanta Braves 5–4 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Wind out 10 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
0.92Thin air
1.128 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+9.6 mph · 4.8 mph
to 21 mph
- Temperature
- 79°F
- 57%
- 28.83 inHg
- Elevation
- 1,001 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 14 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Over -106 · Under -118 | 51% over | |
| — | KC +170 · ATL -225 | ATL 69% | |
| ATL -1.5 | ATL -112 · KC -112 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Danny Duffy KC · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 5 H, 1 , 1 BB, 11 K, 99 pitches
50% 41% 9%
Four-seam42%
Sinker8%
Slider29%
Curveball12%
Changeup9%
- 92.2 mph
- 17.3 in
- 21%
- 19% / 9%
- 36%
- 37%
- .342
- 1,396
- 22% · 22% vs LHP
| 401 | 19% | .382 | 7.1 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 2,693 | 20% | .321 | 8.7 in | |
| 789 | 23% | .365 | 6.8 in |
Dallas Keuchel ATL · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 3 H, 2 , 2 BB, 12 K, 102 pitches
80% 10% 10%
Four-seam2%
Sinker53%
Cutter25%
Slider10%
Changeup10%
- 88.0 mph
- 11.9 in
- 18%
- 14% / 8%
- 37%
- 58%
- .338
- 585
- 23% · 25% vs LHP
| 205 | 22% | .281 | 8.8 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 1,019 | 22% | .296 | 11.8 in | |
| 1,716 | 22% | .314 | 13.5 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 461 | 87.1 | 15.2° | 31% | 5% | 13% | 12 | .341 | .329 / .333 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 405 | 88.7 | 9.5° | 42% | 7% | 11% | 10 | .342 | .323 / .369 | — | — | 3-4 1 HR |
| 3 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 329 | 91.9 | 15.7° | 43% | 10% | 18% | 15 | .366 | .350 / .402 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 4 | Ian Kennedy P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 5 | Cheslor Cuthbert 1B · R | 169 | 89.0 | 11.3° | 39% | 6% | 15% | 6 | .288 | .333 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Humberto Arteaga SS · R | 59 | 84.2 | 3.2° | 20% | 0% | 2% | 0 | .256 | .284 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 238 | 84.6 | 2.9° | 22% | 0% | 7% | 1 | .238 | .231 / .235 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 8 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 117 | 84.1 | 12.4° | 22% | 1% | 15% | 1 | .261 | .297 / .143 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Billy Hamilton CF · S | 280 | 79.9 | 12.6° | 9% | 0% | 11% | 0 | .266 | .244 / .312 | — | — | 0-1 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronald Acuña Jr. CF · R Power in carry conditions | 462 | 90.8 | 14.8° | 48% | 15% | 13% | 24 | .404 | .415 / .434 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 2 | Dansby Swanson SS · R Power in carry conditions | 426 | 90.2 | 14.7° | 42% | 11% | 13% | 17 | .364 | .331 / .406 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 3 | Freddie Freeman 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 451 | 90.2 | 15.0° | 44% | 14% | 16% | 25 | .397 | .384 / .427 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 4 | Josh Donaldson 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 406 | 92.8 | 14.3° | 50% | 16% | 13% | 23 | .397 | .465 / .445 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 5 | Nick Markakis RF · L | 404 | 91.0 | 7.8° | 44% | 3% | 8% | 9 | .351 | .382 / .313 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 6 | Ozzie Albies 2B · S | 431 | 88.9 | 15.3° | 34% | 8% | 17% | 14 | .354 | .379 / .298 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 7 | Austin Riley LF · R Power in carry conditions | 236 | 90.1 | 21.2° | 47% | 14% | 19% | 16 | .334 | .350 / .544 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 8 | Tyler Flowers C · R Power in carry conditions | 190 | 89.9 | 11.1° | 43% | 12% | 13% | 8 | .295 | .206 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | A.J. Minter P · L | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |