1:20 PM CDT · Wrigley Field
Kansas City Royals at Chicago Cubs 4–2 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Wind out 11 mphWind blowing out toward center field helps fly balls carry.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.127 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+11.4 mph · 5.0 mph
to 22 mph
- Temperature
- 86°F
- 56%
- 29.21 inHg
- Elevation
- 595 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 10 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | Over -110 · Under -110 | 52% over | |
| — | KC +114 · CHC -132 | CHC 57% | |
| CHC -1.5 | CHC +145 · KC -175 | — | |
| Kris Bubic | 4.5 | Over +100 · Under -133 | 50% over |
| Keegan Thompson | 3.5 | Over -110 · Under -120 | 52% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Kris Bubic KC · LHP
Today: 6.1 , 1 H, 2 , 2 BB, 9 K, 92 pitches
51% 17% 33%
Four-seam51%
Curveball17%
Changeup33%
- 90.6 mph
- 15.3 in
- 21%
- 19% / 12%
- 41%
- 47%
- .371
- 1,512
- 27% · 25% vs LHP
| 630 | 22% | .361 | 16.4 in | |
| 80 | 31% | .267 | 17.5 in |
| 809 | 22% | .382 | 16.1 in | |
| 80 | 31% | .267 | 17.5 in |
Keegan Thompson CHC · RHP
Today: 4.0 , 5 H, 2 , 2 BB, 1 K, 73 pitches
71% 26% 2%
Four-seam44%
Cutter27%
Curveball26%
Changeup2%
- 94.6 mph
- 15.5 in
- 24%
- 25% / 13%
- 50%
- 45%
- .357
- 681
- 22% · 22% vs RHP
| 94 | 16% | .382 | 15.3 in | |
| 214 | 23% | .360 | 16.1 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 | 531 | 86.2 | 13.2° | 27% | 3% | 11% | 8 | .301 | .284 / .339 | +500 | 1.5 | 3-5 |
| 2 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 381 | 84.7 | 1.2° | 27% | 1% | 6% | 1 | .285 | .319 / .308 | +850 | 1.5 | 3-5 |
| 3 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 511 | 89.8 | 12.4° | 42% | 7% | 16% | 17 | .336 | .270 / .473 | +290 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 4 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 371 | 88.5 | 13.9° | 44% | 9% | 13% | 12 | .324 | .333 / .358 | +350 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 5 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 401 | 87.6 | 11.0° | 39% | 7% | 5% | 10 | .298 | .278 / .254 | +320 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 6 | Jarrod Dyson RF · L | 127 | 77.4 | 1.8° | 29% | 1% | 7% | 0 | .248 | .265 / .181 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Emmanuel Rivera 3B · R | 52 | 92.5 | 4.0° | 50% | 3% | 11% | 1 | .328 | .331 / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 92 | 84.7 | 13.4° | 28% | 0% | 9% | 1 | .261 | .303 / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 9 | Scott Barlow P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafael Ortega CF · L | 187 | 88.1 | 18.4° | 39% | 6% | 22% | 6 | .337 | .379 / .376 | +500 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 2 | Frank Schwindel 1B · R | 87 | 89.1 | 18.8° | 38% | 9% | 20% | 5 | .348 | .375 / — | +250 | 1.5 | 0-2 |
| 3 | Patrick Wisdom 3B · R Power in carry conditions | 246 | 91.5 | 19.3° | 54% | 16% | 26% | 19 | .324 | .268 / .440 | +185 | 1.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Matt Duffy SS · R | 187 | 86.7 | 7.1° | 32% | 2% | 4% | 1 | .320 | .241 / .307 | +625 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 5 | David Bote 2B · R Power in carry conditions | 254 | 89.7 | 10.1° | 44% | 10% | 10% | 7 | .318 | .297 / .392 | +280 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 6 | Jason Heyward RF · L | 299 | 88.4 | 7.4° | 43% | 5% | 10% | 6 | .285 | .262 / .341 | +450 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 7 | Robinson Chirinos C · R | 65 | 90.4 | 23.2° | 52% | 15% | 24% | 4 | .371 | .248 / — | +270 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 8 | Michael Hermosillo LF · R | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 9 | Manuel Rodríguez P · R | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |