1:10 PM CDT · Minute Maid Park
Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros 5–6 final
- Roof closedPlayed indoors, so outdoor air density and wind have little effect.
Conditions at first pitch
0.94Indoors
1.155 kg/m³ at first pitch. The roof was closed, so outdoor conditions mostly did not apply.
Indoors
to 13 mph
- Temperature
- 85°F
- 77%
- 29.97 inHg
- Elevation
- 45 ft
- —
- Roof closed
MLB's recorded conditions: Roof Closed, wind 0 mph, None.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | Over -125 · Under +105 | 56% over | |
| — | KC +195 · HOU -240 | HOU 71% | |
| HOU -1.5 | HOU -105 · KC -115 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Mike Minor KC · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 6 H, 3 , 1 BB, 3 K, 94 pitches
42% 38% 20%
Four-seam42%
Slider22%
Changeup20%
- 90.9 mph
- 14.9 in
- 23%
- 23% / 7%
- 37%
- 40%
- .319
- 2,344
- 20% · 20% vs LHP
| 574 | 22% | .327 | 9.3 in | |
| 398 | 25% | .330 | 10.3 in |
| 3,296 | 22% | .316 | 9.3 in | |
| 1,406 | 22% | .322 | 10.5 in |
Lance McCullers Jr. HOU · RHP
Today: 6.2 , 5 H, 4 , 4 BB, 7 K, 107 pitches
37% 49% 14%
Sinker36%
Cutter2%
Sweeper28%
Changeup14%
- 93.8 mph
- —
- 29%
- 28% / 11%
- 40%
- 54%
- .285
- 2,074
- 22% · 22% vs RHP
| 89 | 24% | .278 | 14.8 in | |
| 200 | 30% | .310 | 14.0 in |
| 503 | 30% | .301 | 13.4 in | |
| 1,236 | 25% | .342 | 11.4 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 550 | 86.1 | 13.0° | 27% | 3% | 11% | 8 | .302 | .285 / .339 | — | — | 2-5 1 HR |
| 2 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 401 | 84.9 | 1.0° | 28% | 1% | 5% | 1 | .286 | .316 / .308 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R | 506 | 92.6 | 15.2° | 55% | 15% | 17% | 33 | .356 | .400 / .356 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 389 | 88.6 | 13.7° | 44% | 9% | 12% | 12 | .326 | .337 / .358 | — | — | 0-4 |
| 5 | Hunter Dozier 1B · R | 412 | 89.9 | 16.6° | 42% | 8% | 16% | 10 | .296 | .292 / .305 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 6 | Jarrod Dyson RF · L | 130 | 77.6 | 1.8° | 28% | 1% | 7% | 0 | .252 | .265 / .181 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 7 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 417 | 87.6 | 11.0° | 39% | 7% | 6% | 10 | .297 | .282 / .254 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 8 | Emmanuel Rivera 3B · R | 68 | 91.4 | 7.0° | 47% | 2% | 8% | 1 | .339 | .315 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Joel Payamps P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Altuve 2B · R | 530 | 87.2 | 15.7° | 35% | 6% | 22% | 25 | .334 | .351 / .388 | — | — | 0-5 |
| 2 | Aledmys Díaz LF · R | 232 | 88.3 | 14.6° | 44% | 7% | 20% | 7 | .338 | .326 / .525 | — | — | 1-5 |
| 3 | Yuli Gurriel 1B · R | 466 | 89.9 | 13.2° | 41% | 4% | 15% | 13 | .328 | .260 / .362 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Yordan Alvarez DH · L | 456 | 92.5 | 12.7° | 52% | 14% | 12% | 25 | .374 | .348 / .395 | — | — | 2-5 1 HR |
| 5 | Carlos Correa SS · R | 503 | 90.4 | 12.7° | 43% | 9% | 12% | 19 | .363 | .490 / .333 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 6 | Alex Bregman 3B · R | 262 | 88.8 | 14.8° | 38% | 6% | 15% | 7 | .317 | .220 / .428 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 7 | Kyle Tucker RF · L | 420 | 91.1 | 17.0° | 49% | 12% | 15% | 22 | .394 | .447 / .381 | — | — | 2-5 |
| 8 | Jake Meyers CF · R | 56 | 93.5 | 8.4° | 57% | 14% | 9% | 3 | .351 | .302 / — | — | — | 2-5 |
| 9 | Jason Castro C · L | 152 | 89.2 | 11.9° | 41% | 13% | 17% | 4 | .355 | — / .292 | — | — | 0-0 |