6:40 PM EDT · Great American Ball Park
Kansas City Royals at Cincinnati Reds 5–6 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Typical air
1.140 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+2.5 mph · 4.6 mph
to 12 mph
- Temperature
- 84°F
- 55%
- 29.43 inHg
- Elevation
- 535 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 7 mph, In From RF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | Over -120 · Under +100 | 55% over | |
| — | KC +165 · CIN -189 | CIN 65% | |
| CIN -1.5 | CIN +105 · KC -125 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Kris Bubic KC · LHP
Today: 5.0 , 7 H, 5 , 1 BB, 6 K, 100 pitches
53% 13% 33%
Four-seam53%
Curveball13%
Changeup33%
- 92.1 mph
- 16.1 in
- 24%
- 23% / 8%
- 23%
- 62%
- .231
- 163
- 23% · 16% vs LHP
Luis Castillo CIN · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 7 H, 1 , 2 BB, 5 K, 96 pitches
51% 15% 33%
Four-seam32%
Sinker20%
Slider15%
Changeup33%
- 97.5 mph
- 12.2 in
- 36%
- 35% / 8%
- 31%
- 62%
- .228
- 288
- 22% · 23% vs RHP
| 91 | 42% | .154 | 2.5 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 1,225 | 32% | .272 | 2.5 in | |
| 908 | 30% | .311 | 2.7 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield LF · R | 74 | 86.2 | 17.9° | 27% | 5% | 11% | 4 | .329 | .379 / — | — | — | 2-5 |
| 2 | Jorge Soler DH · R | 73 | 94.1 | 15.2° | 52% | 25% | 18% | 5 | .423 | .455 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R | 72 | 90.4 | 16.9° | 48% | 11% | 13% | 3 | .446 | .469 / — | — | — | 1-5 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier RF · R | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 5 | Ryan O'Hearn 1B · L | 39 | 84.3 | 12.6° | 30% | 4% | 13% | 0 | .249 | .386 / — | — | — | 2-5 |
| 6 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 66 | 88.4 | 16.4° | 33% | 9% | 16% | 0 | .257 | .215 / — | — | — | 1-5 |
| 7 | Maikel Franco 3B · R | 68 | 89.5 | 7.6° | 43% | 9% | 19% | 4 | .298 | .389 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Brett Phillips CF · L | 29 | 78.8 | 6.6° | 15% | 5% | 15% | 1 | .344 | .458 / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 39 | 83.2 | 9.0° | 21% | 3% | 10% | 1 | .312 | .345 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Senzel CF · R | 36 | 92.2 | 14.8° | 46% | 8% | 25% | 1 | .362 | — / — | — | — | 1-5 |
| 2 | Nick Castellanos RF · R | 66 | 91.1 | 20.0° | 51% | 24% | 7% | 7 | .466 | .459 / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 3 | Joey Votto 1B · L | 56 | 84.9 | 15.1° | 27% | 2% | 25% | 3 | .349 | .326 / — | — | — | 2-4 |
| 4 | Eugenio Suárez 3B · R | 66 | 88.1 | 18.9° | 38% | 12% | 12% | 2 | .316 | .279 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Josh VanMeter DH · L | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | .213 | — / — | — | — | 0-2 |
| 6 | Travis Jankowski LF · L | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 7 | Curt Casali C · R | 33 | 90.2 | 23.4° | 45% | 10% | 20% | 2 | .337 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Christian Colón 2B · R | 19 | 79.8 | 9.5° | 27% | 0% | 27% | 0 | .196 | — / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Kyle Farmer SS · R | 23 | 88.0 | 20.1° | 56% | 13% | 19% | 0 | .363 | — / — | — | — | 2-4 |