1:15 PM CDT · Busch Stadium
Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals 6–5 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.124 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+7.4 mph · 8.9 mph
to 24 mph
- Temperature
- 91°F
- 42%
- 29.40 inHg
- Elevation
- 460 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 10 mph, Out To LF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Over -110 · Under -110 | 52% over | |
| — | KC +120 · STL -135 | STL 57% | |
| STL -1.5 | STL +136 · KC -161 | — | |
| Kris Bubic | 4.5 | Over -145 · Under -128 | 59% over |
| Jon Lester | 4.5 | Over -135 · Under -215 | 57% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Kris Bubic KC · LHP
Today: 4.2 , 4 H, 1 , 4 BB, 4 K, 92 pitches
51% 16% 33%
Four-seam51%
Curveball16%
Changeup33%
- 90.5 mph
- 15.3 in
- 21%
- 20% / 11%
- 41%
- 49%
- .356
- 1,364
- 22% · 22% vs LHP
| 482 | 23% | .316 | 16.8 in | |
| 80 | 31% | .267 | 17.5 in |
| 661 | 23% | .354 | 16.4 in | |
| 80 | 31% | .267 | 17.5 in |
Jon Lester STL · LHP
Today: 5.1 , 6 H, 5 , 2 BB, 2 K, 92 pitches
74% 9% 17%
Four-seam32%
Sinker14%
Cutter29%
Curveball9%
Changeup17%
- 88.5 mph
- 14.9 in
- 19%
- 15% / 8%
- 39%
- 43%
- .350
- 1,407
- 22% · 22% vs LHP
| 96 | 20% | .383 | 12.3 in | |
| 482 | 21% | .344 | 12.7 in |
| 2,264 | 20% | .305 | 11.8 in | |
| 2,973 | 22% | .308 | 13.5 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 | 475 | 86.4 | 13.1° | 28% | 3% | 11% | 8 | .301 | .281 / .339 | +525 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 2 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 329 | 85.4 | 1.4° | 29% | 1% | 5% | 0 | .291 | .349 / .308 | +900 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 77 | 84.1 | 13.4° | 26% | 0% | 5% | 0 | .244 | .288 / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 4 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 461 | 90.0 | 13.3° | 44% | 8% | 17% | 17 | .347 | .277 / .473 | +360 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 5 | Hunter Dozier RF · R | 358 | 90.3 | 16.9° | 42% | 8% | 17% | 8 | .294 | .274 / .305 | +290 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 6 | Richard Lovelady P · L | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 359 | 88.0 | 10.3° | 41% | 7% | 5% | 10 | .300 | .282 / .254 | +400 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 8 | Hanser Alberto 3B · R | 182 | 82.4 | 12.6° | 24% | 3% | 19% | 1 | .282 | .313 / .284 | +625 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 9 | Jarrod Dyson LF · L | 113 | 78.2 | 1.4° | 31% | 1% | 8% | 0 | .249 | .256 / .181 | — | — | 0-1 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dylan Carlson RF · S | 461 | 88.5 | 14.5° | 34% | 8% | 15% | 11 | .326 | .350 / .367 | +450 | 1.5 | 2-4 1 HR |
| 2 | Paul Goldschmidt 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 462 | 92.9 | 16.8° | 53% | 12% | 13% | 18 | .384 | .437 / .347 | +250 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 3 | Nolan Arenado 3B · R Wind toward pull side | 447 | 88.9 | 21.0° | 38% | 7% | 22% | 22 | .322 | .336 / .377 | +260 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 4 | Tyler O'Neill LF · R Power in carry conditions | 336 | 93.4 | 19.2° | 56% | 18% | 14% | 18 | .400 | .461 / .530 | +230 | 1.5 | 0-2 |
| 5 | Tommy Edman 2B · S | 459 | 86.2 | 7.4° | 35% | 4% | 15% | 6 | .315 | .295 / .284 | +525 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 6 | Harrison Bader CF · R | 199 | 86.4 | 13.9° | 32% | 6% | 13% | 9 | .300 | .293 / .320 | +360 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 7 | Paul DeJong SS · R Power in carry conditions | 297 | 85.9 | 14.3° | 35% | 10% | 15% | 14 | .314 | .322 / .385 | +375 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Andrew Knizner C · R | 120 | 86.6 | 10.4° | 35% | 3% | 1% | 1 | .286 | .365 / .290 | +550 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 9 | Alex Reyes P · R | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |