7:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals 5–3 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Dylan Cease: breakers in thin air44% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.115 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-4.2 mph · 1.5 mph
to 6 mph
- Temperature
- 89°F
- 57%
- 29.09 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 7 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | Over -115 · Under -105 | 53% over | |
| — | CWS -149 · KC +130 | KC 43% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -120 · CWS +100 | — | |
| Dylan Cease | 5.5 | Over -120 · Under -110 | 55% over |
| Brad Keller | 3.5 | Over -170 · Under +120 | 63% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Dylan Cease CWS · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 6 H, 2 , 1 BB, 6 K, 89 pitches
46% 44% 10%
Four-seam46%
Slider29%
Changeup10%
- 96.2 mph
- 18.7 in
- 31%
- 29% / 10%
- 36%
- 36%
- .309
- 1,853
- 22% · 22% vs RHP
| 288 | 33% | .311 | 12.8 in | |
| 373 | 35% | .305 | 12.0 in |
| 499 | 30% | .327 | 12.6 in | |
| 559 | 33% | .325 | 12.3 in |
Brad Keller KC · RHP
Today: 7.0 , 4 H, 1 , 2 BB, 4 K, 90 pitches
60% 34% 6%
Four-seam29%
Sinker31%
Slider34%
Changeup6%
- 93.9 mph
- 14.4 in
- 20%
- 19% / 11%
- 45%
- 50%
- .380
- 1,824
- 24% · 24% vs RHP
| 374 | 19% | .363 | 7.0 in | |
| 416 | 21% | .406 | 8.0 in |
| 2,605 | 19% | .312 | 7.6 in | |
| 1,358 | 21% | .364 | 8.4 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Anderson SS · R | 373 | 89.4 | 4.1° | 40% | 7% | 6% | 9 | .309 | .314 / .339 | +500 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 2 | Yoán Moncada 3B · S | 378 | 90.4 | 11.2° | 44% | 10% | 11% | 8 | .368 | .262 / .370 | +425 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 3 | José Abreu 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 401 | 92.2 | 9.4° | 50% | 11% | 12% | 18 | .343 | .274 / .379 | +400 | 1.5 | 0-2 |
| 4 | Seby Zavala C · R | 27 | 78.1 | 0.8° | 21% | 7% | 14% | 0 | .238 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 5 | Gavin Sheets DH · L Power in carry conditions | 70 | 89.2 | 9.3° | 50% | 13% | 11% | 5 | .355 | .238 / — | +500 | 1.5 | 1-3 1 HR |
| 6 | Andrew Vaughn LF · R Power in carry conditions | 311 | 91.5 | 9.6° | 50% | 10% | 11% | 11 | .338 | .347 / .344 | +425 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 7 | Brian Goodwin RF · L | 136 | 88.0 | 18.7° | 33% | 4% | 20% | 4 | .316 | .292 / — | +525 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Leury García 2B · S | 300 | 84.1 | 2.2° | 33% | 4% | 10% | 3 | .277 | .270 / .246 | +900 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 9 | Adam Engel CF · R | 74 | 87.7 | 13.8° | 40% | 9% | 13% | 5 | .347 | .304 / — | +600 | 1.5 | 0-0 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 430 | 86.4 | 13.3° | 28% | 3% | 12% | 8 | .310 | .291 / .339 | +725 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 2 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 416 | 90.3 | 13.7° | 45% | 8% | 18% | 17 | .352 | .288 / .473 | +400 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R Power in carry conditions | 402 | 93.1 | 15.2° | 56% | 15% | 15% | 23 | .355 | .396 / .356 | +300 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 4 | Jorge Soler DH · R Power in carry conditions | 350 | 92.4 | 17.6° | 52% | 14% | 21% | 13 | .353 | .422 / .435 | +400 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 5 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 301 | 87.8 | 13.4° | 41% | 9% | 11% | 11 | .323 | .301 / .358 | +450 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 6 | Jarrod Dyson RF · L | 100 | 77.6 | -1.9° | 31% | 1% | 10% | 0 | .252 | .263 / .181 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 7 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R | 315 | 90.3 | 17.2° | 43% | 8% | 17% | 8 | .292 | .262 / .305 | +450 | 0.5 | 1-1 |
| 8 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 322 | 88.1 | 10.0° | 41% | 6% | 4% | 8 | .288 | .258 / .254 | +525 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 295 | 85.0 | 0.9° | 28% | 0% | 5% | 0 | .290 | .347 / .308 | +950 | 0.5 | 1-3 |