7:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals 3–5 final
- Thin airAir density 0.90: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Wind out 10 mphWind blowing out toward center field helps fly balls carry.
- Nick Pivetta: breakers in thin air45% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
- Kyle Zimmer: breakers in thin air52% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.90Thin air
1.097 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+9.6 mph · 2.6 mph
to 25 mph
- Temperature
- 96°F
- 31%
- 28.90 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 13 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.5 | Over -109 · Under -112 | 52% over | |
| — | BOS -186 · KC +135 | KC 43% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -115 · BOS -105 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Nick Pivetta BOS · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 6 H, 3 , 3 BB, 6 K, 98 pitches
54% 45% 1%
Four-seam52%
Cutter2%
Slider24%
Curveball7%
Changeup1%
- 94.8 mph
- 19.7 in
- 22%
- 27% / 11%
- 39%
- 36%
- .314
- 1,246
- 22% · 22% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 556 | 19% | .311 | 12.1 in |
| 742 | 18% | .348 | 12.6 in | |
| 1,563 | 22% | .335 | 14.6 in |
Kyle Zimmer KC · RHP
Today: 2.0 , 3 H, 0 , 0 BB, 3 K, 34 pitches
46% 52% 2%
Four-seam46%
Slider40%
Curveball12%
Changeup2%
- 94.2 mph
- 16.0 in
- 23%
- 26% / 11%
- 41%
- 52%
- .271
- 409
- 24% · 24% vs RHP
| 14 | 29% | .329 | 4.5 in | |
| 72 | 28% | .233 | 10.4 in |
| 336 | 27% | .308 | 5.8 in | |
| 129 | 24% | .343 | 13.3 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Arroyo 2B · R | 131 | 85.9 | 8.7° | 33% | 7% | 12% | 4 | .300 | — / .340 | +400 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Alex Verdugo LF · L | 264 | 89.9 | 6.6° | 41% | 6% | 11% | 9 | .355 | — / .354 | +575 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 3 | J.D. Martinez DH · R Power in carry conditions | 273 | 92.3 | 16.4° | 47% | 12% | 13% | 13 | .370 | — / .382 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 4 | Xander Bogaerts SS · R Power in carry conditions | 269 | 88.7 | 10.5° | 41% | 11% | 21% | 13 | .374 | — / .393 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 5 | Rafael Devers 3B · L Power in carry conditions | 275 | 93.1 | 10.0° | 58% | 18% | 13% | 16 | .393 | — / .378 | — | — | 1-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Hunter Renfroe RF · R Power in carry conditions | 223 | 91.1 | 15.5° | 41% | 12% | 15% | 8 | .343 | — / .311 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 7 | Christian Vázquez C · R | 222 | 87.7 | 13.2° | 36% | 4% | 9% | 3 | .280 | — / .300 | +425 | 1.5 | 3-4 |
| 8 | Marwin Gonzalez 1B · S | 209 | 87.7 | 7.8° | 38% | 4% | 14% | 2 | .294 | — / .333 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Danny Santana CF · S | 53 | 90.9 | 15.2° | 44% | 13% | 13% | 2 | .260 | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 293 | 86.9 | 13.3° | 31% | 3% | 14% | 5 | .324 | .287 / .345 | +600 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 2 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 285 | 90.3 | 14.0° | 43% | 9% | 16% | 11 | .360 | .313 / .470 | +400 | 1.5 | 1-2 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R Power in carry conditions | 275 | 93.0 | 14.8° | 55% | 14% | 14% | 17 | .367 | .328 / .364 | +250 | 1.5 | 2-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Jarrod Dyson LF · L | 56 | 75.6 | -3.0° | 28% | 0% | 5% | 0 | .285 | — / .172 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 5 | Adalberto Mondesi SS · S | 31 | 91.3 | 18.2° | 55% | 25% | 25% | 3 | .410 | — / — | +500 | — | 1-3 1 HR |
| 6 | Greg Holland P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Kelvin Gutiérrez 3B · R | 112 | 91.4 | 1.8° | 48% | 5% | 5% | 1 | .260 | .250 / — | +700 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 8 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 220 | 88.3 | 11.8° | 39% | 6% | 3% | 5 | .278 | .232 / .260 | +450 | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 193 | 83.8 | -0.2° | 24% | 0% | 4% | 0 | .280 | .337 / .296 | — | — | 2-3 |