6:07 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago Cubs at Kansas City Royals 2–13 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.124 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+4.3 mph · 5.7 mph
to 18 mph
- Temperature
- 84°F
- 57%
- 29.05 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 10 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Over -122 · Under +102 | 55% over | |
| — | CHC -182 · KC +155 | KC 39% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -104 · CHC -115 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Tyler Chatwood CHC · RHP
Today: 2.1 , 11 H, 8 , 0 BB, 4 K, 63 pitches
80% 15% 5%
Four-seam8%
Sinker44%
Cutter27%
Curveball15%
Changeup5%
- 94.3 mph
- 13.3 in
- 38%
- 40% / 9%
- 29%
- 42%
- .260
- 180
- 24% · 24% vs RHP
| 84 | 31% | .323 | 17.5 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 3,443 | 21% | .335 | 15.1 in | |
| 1,528 | 23% | .315 | 18.1 in |
Brad Keller KC · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 3 H, 0 , 2 BB, 7 K, 75 pitches
Not enough pitches this season for a profile yet.
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Kipnis 2B · L | 16 | 87.0 | 12.5° | 27% | 9% | 27% | 2 | .383 | — / — | — | — | 0-2 |
| 2 | David Bote 3B · R | 26 | 94.7 | 24.8° | 62% | 31% | 0% | 2 | .360 | — / — | — | — | 0-2 |
| 3 | Josh Phegley C · R | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 4 | Kyle Schwarber LF · L | 49 | 93.1 | 16.3° | 57% | 13% | 17% | 2 | .329 | .288 / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 5 | Albert Almora Jr. CF · R | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-2 |
| 6 | Alec Mills PH · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 7 | Victor Caratini 1B · S | 30 | 82.8 | 0.4° | 19% | 0% | 19% | 0 | .219 | — / — | — | — | 2-4 |
| 8 | Nico Hoerner SS · R | 34 | 89.7 | 0.3° | 48% | 4% | 4% | 0 | .288 | .213 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Ian Happ RF · S | 40 | 92.9 | 11.4° | 61% | 13% | 9% | 3 | .423 | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 56 | 86.5 | 17.6° | 28% | 6% | 9% | 3 | .337 | .449 / — | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 2 | Jorge Soler DH · R | 55 | 93.7 | 14.9° | 53% | 20% | 17% | 2 | .368 | .317 / — | — | — | 3-5 1 HR |
| 3 | Salvador Perez 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 54 | 89.4 | 15.8° | 47% | 12% | 7% | 2 | .418 | .408 / — | — | — | 3-5 |
| 4 | Brett Phillips RF · L | 22 | 78.8 | 4.5° | 7% | 0% | 13% | 1 | .312 | — / — | — | — | 1-1 |
| 5 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 6 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 42 | 85.2 | 12.9° | 26% | 3% | 10% | 1 | .293 | — / — | — | — | 2-5 |
| 7 | Maikel Franco 3B · R | 52 | 89.3 | 11.6° | 37% | 7% | 15% | 2 | .261 | .359 / — | — | — | 2-5 1 HR |
| 8 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 23 | 83.8 | 10.8° | 13% | 0% | 6% | 0 | .249 | — / — | — | — | 1-5 |
| 9 | Nick Heath CF · L | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |