7:10 PM EDT · Fenway Park
Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox 2–6 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.94Typical air
1.156 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+7.8 mph · 4.0 mph
to 25 mph
- Temperature
- 83°F
- 67%
- 29.84 inHg
- Elevation
- 21 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 12 mph, Out To RF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Over -105 · Under -115 | 51% over | |
| — | KC +140 · BOS -165 | BOS 62% | |
| BOS -1.5 | BOS +110 · KC -130 | — | |
| Mike Minor | 5.5 | Over +120 · Under -161 | 45% over |
| Martín Pérez | 3.5 | Over -154 · Under -108 | 61% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Mike Minor KC · LHP
Today: 5.0 , 7 H, 5 , 2 BB, 1 K, 92 pitches
40% 38% 21%
Four-seam40%
Slider23%
Changeup21%
- 90.9 mph
- 15.7 in
- 24%
- 24% / 7%
- 36%
- 39%
- .319
- 1,529
- 24% · 23% vs LHP
| 294 | 23% | .351 | 9.5 in | |
| 398 | 25% | .330 | 10.3 in |
| 3,016 | 22% | .317 | 9.3 in | |
| 1,406 | 22% | .322 | 10.5 in |
Martín Pérez BOS · LHP
Today: 5.1 , 7 H, 2 , 0 BB, 2 K, 86 pitches
67% 9% 24%
Four-seam11%
Sinker25%
Cutter31%
Curveball9%
Changeup24%
- 92.7 mph
- 16.1 in
- 17%
- 19% / 8%
- 41%
- 43%
- .348
- 1,139
- 22% · 22% vs LHP
| 78 | 24% | .213 | 5.8 in | |
| 654 | 17% | .329 | 8.5 in |
| 3,410 | 17% | .339 | 6.9 in | |
| 2,275 | 17% | .329 | 8.3 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 | 342 | 86.6 | 13.3° | 30% | 3% | 14% | 8 | .321 | .296 / .339 | +500 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 2 | Jorge Soler RF · R | 281 | 92.6 | 16.8° | 50% | 12% | 17% | 6 | .328 | .346 / .435 | +225 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 3 | Carlos Santana DH · S | 331 | 90.6 | 13.9° | 44% | 9% | 18% | 13 | .359 | .310 / .473 | +350 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 4 | Salvador Perez C · R | 319 | 92.6 | 15.2° | 56% | 14% | 14% | 18 | .350 | .344 / .356 | +230 | 1.5 | 4-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Hunter Dozier 3B · R | 234 | 90.6 | 18.0° | 47% | 10% | 17% | 7 | .279 | .178 / .305 | +310 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 6 | Ryan O'Hearn 1B · L | 90 | 90.8 | 20.5° | 48% | 10% | 21% | 6 | .304 | — / .232 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Edward Olivares LF · R | 24 | 84.1 | -8.4° | 29% | 0% | 12% | 0 | .269 | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 259 | 88.6 | 11.3° | 41% | 7% | 4% | 7 | .288 | .213 / .254 | +375 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 9 | Hanser Alberto SS · R | 136 | 82.3 | 13.4° | 22% | 3% | 18% | 0 | .288 | .371 / .284 | +750 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enrique Hernández CF · R | 267 | 89.7 | 18.2° | 38% | 7% | 17% | 8 | .301 | — / .301 | +300 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 2 | Alex Verdugo LF · L | 311 | 90.4 | 6.1° | 44% | 5% | 11% | 9 | .352 | .391 / .354 | +725 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | J.D. Martinez DH · R | 322 | 92.2 | 17.0° | 46% | 11% | 12% | 15 | .365 | .379 / .382 | +260 | 1.5 | 1-3 1 HR |
| 4 | Xander Bogaerts SS · R | 316 | 88.9 | 10.6° | 41% | 10% | 19% | 13 | .369 | .321 / .393 | +340 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 5 | Rafael Devers 3B · L | 320 | 92.8 | 9.7° | 56% | 17% | 13% | 19 | .394 | .423 / .378 | +425 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 6 | Hunter Renfroe RF · R | 268 | 91.1 | 14.4° | 44% | 13% | 14% | 11 | .359 | .439 / .311 | +310 | 1.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 7 | Christian Vázquez C · R | 261 | 87.3 | 14.3° | 33% | 3% | 10% | 4 | .278 | .236 / .300 | +375 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Marwin Gonzalez 2B · S | 228 | 86.9 | 7.7° | 37% | 4% | 13% | 2 | .286 | — / .333 | — | — | 2-4 |
| 9 | Michael Chavis 1B · R | 50 | 89.0 | 5.2° | 39% | 3% | 13% | 1 | .247 | — / .240 | +450 | 0.5 | 0-3 |