1:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Houston Astros at Kansas City Royals 6–3 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.125 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-1.1 mph · 6.4 mph
to 18 mph
- Temperature
- 84°F
- 73%
- 29.12 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 8 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Over -115 · Under -105 | 53% over | |
| — | HOU -165 · KC +145 | KC 41% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -105 · HOU -110 | — | |
| Luis Garcia | 5.5 | Over +112 · Under -142 | 47% over |
| Mike Minor | 4.5 | Over -133 · Under +100 | 57% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Luis Garcia HOU · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 4 H, 3 , 1 BB, 3 K, 70 pitches
67% 22% 10%
Four-seam46%
Cutter21%
Sweeper13%
Curveball9%
Changeup10%
- 93.3 mph
- 18.6 in
- 30%
- 29% / 8%
- 40%
- 38%
- .293
- 1,852
- 22% · 22% vs RHP
| 168 | 29% | .351 | 13.2 in | |
| 341 | 27% | .351 | 15.6 in |
| 168 | 29% | .351 | 13.2 in | |
| 427 | 27% | .332 | 15.2 in |
Mike Minor KC · LHP
Today: 5.1 , 7 H, 3 , 0 BB, 4 K, 94 pitches
42% 38% 20%
Four-seam42%
Slider22%
Changeup20%
- 90.9 mph
- 15.1 in
- 23%
- 23% / 7%
- 38%
- 39%
- .320
- 2,250
- 20% · 21% vs LHP
| 480 | 24% | .334 | 9.5 in | |
| 398 | 25% | .330 | 10.3 in |
| 3,202 | 22% | .317 | 9.3 in | |
| 1,406 | 22% | .322 | 10.5 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Altuve 2B · R Wind toward pull side | 499 | 87.3 | 15.4° | 36% | 6% | 21% | 25 | .334 | .363 / .388 | +360 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Yuli Gurriel 1B · R | 438 | 90.0 | 13.7° | 40% | 3% | 15% | 12 | .327 | .267 / .362 | +475 | 1.5 | 0-5 |
| 3 | Yordan Alvarez DH · L Power in carry conditions | 429 | 92.8 | 13.2° | 53% | 14% | 12% | 22 | .375 | .347 / .395 | +360 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 4 | Carlos Correa SS · R | 476 | 90.4 | 12.6° | 44% | 9% | 12% | 19 | .356 | .474 / .333 | +450 | 1.5 | 2-3 |
| 5 | Aledmys Díaz 3B · R Wind toward pull side | 209 | 88.1 | 13.2° | 43% | 8% | 20% | 7 | .334 | .310 / .525 | +450 | 1.5 | 3-5 |
| 6 | Chas McCormick RF · R Power in carry conditions | 239 | 90.8 | 17.3° | 51% | 13% | 15% | 11 | .331 | .483 / .359 | +500 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 7 | Jake Meyers CF · R | 30 | 94.4 | 9.8° | 63% | 19% | 6% | 2 | .395 | — / — | +500 | 0.5 | 1-5 |
| 8 | Martín Maldonado C · R | 316 | 87.1 | 15.9° | 32% | 5% | 15% | 8 | .267 | .246 / .259 | +600 | 0.5 | 0-0 |
| 9 | Michael Brantley LF · L | 415 | 90.0 | 9.6° | 44% | 6% | 12% | 8 | .373 | .452 / .454 | +850 | 1.5 | 0-2 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 520 | 86.3 | 13.1° | 27% | 3% | 11% | 8 | .303 | .285 / .339 | +700 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 372 | 85.0 | 1.3° | 27% | 1% | 5% | 0 | .287 | .320 / .308 | +1100 | 1.5 | 1-3 1 HR |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R Power in carry conditions | 484 | 92.8 | 15.3° | 55% | 14% | 17% | 30 | .355 | .402 / .356 | +300 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 4 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 503 | 89.8 | 12.6° | 43% | 7% | 16% | 17 | .336 | .267 / .473 | +425 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 5 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 363 | 88.4 | 13.3° | 44% | 9% | 13% | 11 | .323 | .336 / .358 | +525 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 6 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R | 394 | 90.2 | 16.6° | 43% | 9% | 16% | 10 | .300 | .295 / .305 | +450 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| 7 | Ervin Santana P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 8 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 395 | 87.5 | 10.7° | 39% | 7% | 6% | 10 | .301 | .283 / .254 | +575 | 0.5 | 0-2 |
| 9 | Jarrod Dyson RF · L | 122 | 77.9 | 1.3° | 30% | 1% | 8% | 0 | .239 | .241 / .181 | — | — | 1-4 |