6:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals 9–4 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Typical air
1.140 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-5.3 mph · 1.8 mph
to 15 mph
- Temperature
- 81°F
- 50%
- 29.25 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 7 mph, L To R.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Over -105 · Under -115 | 51% over | |
| — | STL +100 · KC -116 | KC 54% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -175 · STL +143 | — | |
| Jon Lester | 3.5 | Over +144 · Under -186 | 41% over |
| Brad Keller | 4.5 | Over +110 · Under -140 | 48% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Jon Lester STL · LHP
Today: 5.2 , 7 H, 1 , 2 BB, 2 K, 90 pitches
75% 9% 17%
Four-seam33%
Sinker14%
Cutter27%
Curveball9%
Changeup17%
- 88.5 mph
- 14.8 in
- 18%
- 15% / 8%
- 39%
- 43%
- .349
- 1,499
- 22% · 21% vs LHP
| 188 | 14% | .358 | 11.8 in | |
| 482 | 21% | .344 | 12.7 in |
| 2,356 | 19% | .306 | 11.8 in | |
| 2,973 | 22% | .308 | 13.5 in |
Brad Keller KC · RHP
Today: 6.2 , 6 H, 2 , 2 BB, 8 K, 112 pitches
59% 34% 7%
Four-seam29%
Sinker30%
Slider34%
Changeup7%
- 93.9 mph
- 14.2 in
- 20%
- 19% / 11%
- 45%
- 49%
- .383
- 2,060
- 22% · 22% vs RHP
| 559 | 21% | .376 | 7.2 in | |
| 416 | 21% | .406 | 8.0 in |
| 2,790 | 20% | .319 | 7.6 in | |
| 1,358 | 21% | .364 | 8.4 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Edman 2B · S | 482 | 86.3 | 8.0° | 35% | 4% | 15% | 7 | .317 | .307 / .284 | +900 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 2 | Paul Goldschmidt DH · R | 486 | 92.9 | 16.6° | 53% | 12% | 13% | 18 | .382 | .423 / .347 | +360 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Nolan Arenado 3B · R | 471 | 88.8 | 20.3° | 37% | 7% | 22% | 23 | .325 | .339 / .377 | +400 | 1.5 | 2-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Tyler O'Neill LF · R | 351 | 93.5 | 19.7° | 56% | 18% | 14% | 19 | .397 | .434 / .530 | +340 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 5 | Matt Carpenter 1B · L | 199 | 89.9 | 18.8° | 46% | 14% | 17% | 3 | .353 | .310 / .335 | +650 | 0.5 | 0-5 |
| 6 | Yadier Molina C · R | 342 | 87.9 | 14.7° | 33% | 5% | 17% | 8 | .318 | .337 / .318 | +650 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 7 | Lars Nootbaar RF · L | 36 | 88.9 | 11.7° | 32% | 4% | 11% | 2 | .346 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| 8 | Harrison Bader CF · R | 220 | 86.0 | 14.9° | 32% | 6% | 14% | 9 | .290 | .272 / .320 | +600 | 1 | 2-4 |
| 9 | Edmundo Sosa SS · R | 200 | 85.7 | 4.2° | 29% | 4% | 8% | 3 | .303 | .278 / .336 | — | — | 3-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 499 | 86.5 | 13.1° | 28% | 3% | 11% | 8 | .303 | .290 / .339 | +675 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 2 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 481 | 89.9 | 12.9° | 43% | 7% | 16% | 17 | .337 | .260 / .473 | +475 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R | 462 | 92.9 | 15.3° | 56% | 14% | 16% | 29 | .350 | .394 / .356 | +250 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 4 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 343 | 88.3 | 13.7° | 43% | 9% | 12% | 11 | .319 | .313 / .358 | +625 | 1.5 | 0-5 |
| 5 | Hunter Dozier DH · R | 375 | 90.3 | 17.1° | 42% | 8% | 16% | 8 | .293 | .272 / .305 | +375 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 6 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 376 | 87.7 | 10.5° | 40% | 7% | 5% | 10 | .297 | .277 / .254 | +525 | 1.5 | 3-4 |
| 7 | Ryan O'Hearn RF · L | 177 | 90.9 | 16.2° | 46% | 12% | 15% | 9 | .308 | .368 / .232 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 8 | Hanser Alberto 3B · R | 193 | 82.9 | 12.5° | 27% | 3% | 19% | 1 | .288 | .327 / .284 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 352 | 84.9 | 1.4° | 28% | 1% | 5% | 0 | .284 | .319 / .308 | +1450 | 0.5 | 2-4 |