7:10 PM CDT · Guaranteed Rate Field
Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox 9–1 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.94Typical air
1.156 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-5.5 mph · 5.1 mph
to 14 mph
- Temperature
- 79°F
- 46%
- 29.46 inHg
- Elevation
- 595 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 7 mph, In From LF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | Over -115 · Under -105 | 53% over | |
| — | KC +235 · CWS -290 | CWS 74% | |
| CWS -1.5 | CWS -134 · KC +102 | — | |
| Carlos Hernández | 4.5 | Over -118 · Under -130 | 54% over |
| Lucas Giolito | 7.5 | Over +110 · Under -145 | 48% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Carlos Hernández KC · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 2 H, 1 , 2 BB, 6 K, 93 pitches
55% 37% 8%
Four-seam55%
Slider16%
Splitter8%
- 97.7 mph
- 17.4 in
- 27%
- 27% / 14%
- 46%
- 37%
- .313
- 626
- 23% · 24% vs RHP
| 262 | 26% | .344 | 8.0 in | |
| 98 | 30% | .261 | 11.6 in |
| 403 | 26% | .345 | 8.1 in | |
| 98 | 30% | .261 | 11.6 in |
Lucas Giolito CWS · RHP
Today: 4.0 , 8 H, 6 , 0 BB, 2 K, 81 pitches
45% 21% 34%
Four-seam45%
Slider19%
Curveball2%
Changeup34%
- 93.9 mph
- 19.0 in
- 30%
- 28% / 8%
- 36%
- 33%
- .285
- 2,060
- 22% · 23% vs RHP
| 691 | 31% | .320 | 7.2 in | |
| 458 | 28% | .264 | 8.6 in |
| 2,043 | 28% | .294 | 8.0 in | |
| 1,716 | 25% | .325 | 9.9 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 | 458 | 86.4 | 13.4° | 28% | 3% | 11% | 8 | .304 | .282 / .339 | +575 | 1.5 | 3-5 |
| 2 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 444 | 90.3 | 13.5° | 44% | 8% | 18% | 17 | .346 | .281 / .473 | +310 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Cam Gallagher C · R | 68 | 83.9 | 13.8° | 25% | 0% | 6% | 0 | .257 | .288 / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 4 | Hanser Alberto DH · R | 178 | 82.2 | 12.7° | 24% | 3% | 18% | 1 | .281 | .305 / .284 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 5 | Hunter Dozier RF · R | 342 | 90.5 | 17.3° | 43% | 8% | 17% | 8 | .292 | .267 / .305 | +400 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 6 | Emmanuel Rivera 3B · R | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 7 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 347 | 87.6 | 10.8° | 40% | 6% | 4% | 9 | .293 | .276 / .254 | +450 | 0.5 | 2-4 1 HR |
| 8 | Edward Olivares LF · R | 42 | 85.8 | -1.6° | 33% | 7% | 17% | 2 | .309 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 317 | 85.3 | 1.4° | 28% | 1% | 5% | 0 | .291 | .349 / .308 | +1000 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Anderson SS · R | 399 | 89.4 | 4.7° | 40% | 8% | 5% | 10 | .314 | .329 / .339 | +400 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 2 | César Hernández 2B · S | 438 | 87.3 | 10.9° | 36% | 9% | 11% | 18 | .330 | .272 / .333 | +450 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 3 | José Abreu 1B · R | 427 | 91.9 | 8.8° | 50% | 11% | 11% | 18 | .344 | .274 / .379 | +350 | 1.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Eloy Jiménez DH · R | 15 | 86.3 | 0.7° | 25% | 8% | 0% | 1 | .292 | — / — | +245 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 5 | Gavin Sheets RF · L | 93 | 88.9 | 11.0° | 46% | 12% | 11% | 6 | .352 | .312 / — | +375 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 6 | Yoán Moncada 3B · S | 408 | 90.6 | 10.8° | 44% | 9% | 11% | 9 | .360 | .250 / .370 | +400 | 1 | 0-3 |
| 7 | Brian Goodwin CF · L | 157 | 87.8 | 17.8° | 33% | 7% | 19% | 6 | .330 | .289 / — | +360 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 8 | Andrew Vaughn LF · R | 334 | 91.5 | 10.0° | 50% | 11% | 11% | 12 | .340 | .327 / .344 | +450 | 1.5 | 2-2 |
| 9 | Zack Collins C · L | 178 | 89.1 | 17.3° | 42% | 10% | 9% | 4 | .316 | .317 / .258 | +360 | 0.5 | 0-3 |