7:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Houston Astros at Kansas City Royals 1–3 final
- Thin airAir density 0.93: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Thin air
1.134 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+1.4 mph · 2.1 mph
to 15 mph
- Temperature
- 78°F
- 83%
- 29.03 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 8 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | Over -113 · Under -108 | 53% over | |
| — | HOU -178 · KC +150 | KC 40% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC +100 · HOU -120 | — | |
| Framber Valdez | 4.5 | Over +100 · Under -130 | 50% over |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 3.5 | Over -125 · Under -105 | 56% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Framber Valdez HOU · LHP
Today: 6.2 , 9 H, 3 , 1 BB, 5 K, 99 pitches
56% 31% 13%
Four-seam7%
Sinker49%
Curveball31%
Changeup13%
- 92.1 mph
- 10.1 in
- 26%
- 22% / 11%
- 43%
- 70%
- .296
- 1,344
- 22% · 21% vs LHP
| 97 | 18% | .323 | 18.7 in | |
| 89 | 15% | .271 | 20.1 in |
| 541 | 16% | .353 | 18.2 in | |
| 224 | 24% | .303 | 20.1 in |
Daniel Lynch IV KC · LHP
Today: 7.0 , 4 H, 1 , 3 BB, 5 K, 98 pitches
54% 27% 19%
Four-seam45%
Sinker9%
Slider24%
Changeup19%
- 94.0 mph
- 15.6 in
- 26%
- 18% / 9%
- 46%
- 41%
- .377
- 571
- 20% · 21% vs LHP
| 229 | 29% | .356 | 2.4 in | |
| 66 | 21% | .432 | 2.2 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 | 490 | 87.3 | 15.5° | 36% | 7% | 21% | 25 | .334 | .378 / .388 | +375 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 2 | Michael Brantley LF · L | 407 | 89.8 | 9.7° | 44% | 6% | 12% | 8 | .374 | .489 / .454 | +600 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 3 | Carlos Correa SS · R | 468 | 90.3 | 12.9° | 44% | 9% | 12% | 19 | .353 | .452 / .333 | +450 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 4 | Aledmys Díaz 3B · R | 201 | 88.3 | 13.4° | 44% | 8% | 21% | 7 | .343 | — / .525 | +450 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 5 | Yuli Gurriel 1B · R | 430 | 90.1 | 13.8° | 41% | 4% | 15% | 12 | .329 | .281 / .362 | +550 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 6 | Chas McCormick RF · R Power in carry conditions | 231 | 90.8 | 17.8° | 51% | 12% | 16% | 11 | .327 | — / .359 | +500 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 7 | Taylor Jones DH · R | 83 | 89.6 | 12.8° | 41% | 5% | 10% | 1 | .251 | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Jake Meyers CF · R | 23 | 91.8 | 8.6° | 58% | 25% | 0% | 2 | .366 | — / — | +525 | 1.5 | 2-3 |
| 9 | Martín Maldonado C · R | 311 | 87.3 | 16.2° | 33% | 5% | 16% | 8 | .268 | .259 / .259 | +650 | 0.5 | 0-2 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 512 | 86.3 | 13.2° | 28% | 3% | 11% | 8 | .305 | .290 / .339 | +850 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 2 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 495 | 89.9 | 13.1° | 43% | 7% | 16% | 17 | .337 | .266 / .473 | +650 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R Power in carry conditions | 476 | 92.8 | 15.4° | 55% | 14% | 17% | 30 | .355 | .406 / .356 | +333 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 4 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 356 | 88.5 | 13.7° | 43% | 9% | 13% | 11 | .321 | .329 / .358 | +750 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 5 | Hunter Dozier RF · R | 387 | 90.4 | 16.8° | 43% | 8% | 16% | 9 | .297 | .282 / .305 | +525 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| 6 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 388 | 87.5 | 10.7° | 40% | 7% | 5% | 10 | .301 | .282 / .254 | +725 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 7 | Hanser Alberto DH · R | 199 | 83.1 | 12.3° | 28% | 3% | 19% | 1 | .290 | .327 / .284 | +1000 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| 8 | Emmanuel Rivera 3B · R | 45 | 93.3 | 7.5° | 53% | 3% | 13% | 0 | .344 | .353 / — | +775 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 365 | 85.0 | 1.4° | 28% | 1% | 5% | 0 | .288 | .324 / .308 | +1700 | 0.5 | 1-3 |