6:10 PM EDT · Progressive Field
Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians 8–6 final
- Thin airAir density 0.93: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Thin air
1.135 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+3.4 mph · 2.8 mph
to 12 mph
- Temperature
- 84°F
- 58%
- 29.34 inHg
- Elevation
- 653 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 5 mph, Out To LF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | Over -120 · Under -103 | 55% over | |
| — | KC +185 · CLE -222 | CLE 69% | |
| CLE -1.5 | CLE -108 · KC -110 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Jakob Junis KC · RHP
Today: 4.1 , 7 H, 5 , 0 BB, 3 K, 68 pitches
56% 39% 5%
Four-seam39%
Sinker17%
Sweeper39%
Changeup5%
- 90.8 mph
- 14.0 in
- 18%
- 15% / 7%
- 33%
- 45%
- .345
- 255
- 23% · 24% vs RHP
| 122 | 13% | .371 | 16.6 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 2,099 | 20% | .333 | 14.8 in | |
| 1,537 | 19% | .337 | 15.3 in |
Triston McKenzie CLE · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 3 H, 3 , 1 BB, 7 K, 92 pitches
60% 28% 13%
Four-seam60%
Slider12%
Curveball16%
Changeup13%
- 93.5 mph
- 19.5 in
- 29%
- 33% / 7%
- 44%
- 44%
- .279
- 245
- 24% · 24% vs RHP
| 165 | 27% | .276 | 8.7 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 183 | 86.1 | 16.1° | 28% | 5% | 10% | 7 | .315 | .331 / — | — | — | 2-5 1 HR |
| 2 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 157 | 84.4 | 14.1° | 35% | 5% | 12% | 1 | .220 | .183 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Hunter Dozier 1B · R | 110 | 88.6 | 19.9° | 35% | 10% | 21% | 5 | .338 | .340 / — | — | — | 1-5 |
| 4 | Maikel Franco DH · R | 169 | 87.0 | 8.9° | 38% | 8% | 21% | 6 | .318 | .340 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Alex Gordon LF · L | 133 | 83.9 | 14.4° | 27% | 4% | 15% | 4 | .317 | .284 / — | — | — | 2-5 |
| 6 | Bubba Starling CF · R | 45 | 85.4 | 5.2° | 36% | 4% | 16% | 1 | .288 | .351 / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Edward Olivares RF · R | 54 | 84.6 | 6.8° | 35% | 9% | 18% | 2 | .299 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Nicky Lopez 3B · L | 126 | 82.8 | 6.0° | 25% | 2% | 8% | 1 | .303 | .281 / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 9 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 48 | 82.7 | 12.3° | 26% | 0% | 23% | 1 | .279 | .184 / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | César Hernández 2B · S | 184 | 87.3 | 2.3° | 36% | 3% | 11% | 2 | .310 | .316 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 2 | Mike Freeman 3B · L | 24 | 85.8 | 25.6° | 27% | 0% | 40% | 0 | .271 | — / — | — | — | 2-4 |
| 3 | Francisco Lindor SS · S | 181 | 88.6 | 11.2° | 39% | 5% | 17% | 6 | .342 | .332 / — | — | — | 1-3 1 HR |
| 4 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 178 | 88.4 | 13.1° | 35% | 5% | 16% | 4 | .373 | .385 / — | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Franmil Reyes DH · R Power in carry conditions | 163 | 93.1 | 11.2° | 49% | 15% | 5% | 8 | .374 | .395 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 6 | Tyler Naquin RF · L | 85 | 90.0 | 13.4° | 48% | 10% | 8% | 4 | .334 | .401 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Josh Naylor LF · L | 59 | 85.2 | 6.0° | 29% | 2% | 6% | 1 | .296 | .401 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Sandy León C · S | 65 | 85.2 | 15.3° | 32% | 3% | 21% | 1 | .287 | — / — | — | — | 2-4 1 HR |
| 9 | Delino DeShields CF · R | 67 | 80.0 | 2.4° | 22% | 0% | 2% | 0 | .267 | .288 / — | — | — | 0-4 |