6:40 PM PDT · Oakland Coliseum
Kansas City Royals at Athletics 6–1 final
- Dense airAir density 1.00: fly balls die sooner and breaking balls get more bite.
- Wind out 10 mphWind blowing out toward center field helps fly balls carry.
- Mike Minor: breakers in dense air43% breaking balls. Dense air adds break to those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
1.00Dense air
1.225 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+9.5 mph · 6.9 mph
to 29 mph
- Temperature
- 62°F
- 58%
- 30.18 inHg
- Elevation
- 10 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 20 mph, Varies.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Over -105 · Under -115 | 51% over | |
| — | KC +132 · ATH -152 | ATH 60% | |
| ATH -1.5 | ATH +135 · KC -160 | — | |
| Mike Minor | 6.5 | Over -108 · Under -125 | 52% over |
| Frankie Montas | 5.5 | Over -108 · Under -125 | 52% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Mike Minor KC · LHP
Today: 7.0 , 3 H, 1 , 1 BB, 8 K, 106 pitches
37% 43% 20%
Four-seam37%
Slider26%
Changeup20%
- 91.0 mph
- 16.1 in
- 23%
- 26% / 8%
- 35%
- 40%
- .316
- 1,140
- 24% · 24% vs LHP
| 90 | 25% | .427 | 9.8 in | |
| 292 | 22% | .340 | 10.0 in |
| 2,812 | 22% | .318 | 9.3 in | |
| 1,300 | 21% | .324 | 10.4 in |
Frankie Montas ATH · RHP
Today: 6.1 , 5 H, 2 , 0 BB, 8 K, 96 pitches
68% 15% 17%
Four-seam31%
Sinker34%
Cutter4%
Slider15%
Splitter17%
- 96.1 mph
- 18.1 in
- 23%
- 23% / 6%
- 47%
- 39%
- .325
- 1,107
- 22% · 22% vs RHP
| 69 | 13% | .281 | 6.1 in | |
| 651 | 25% | .342 | 8.6 in |
| 449 | 22% | .309 | 6.4 in | |
| 2,079 | 21% | .321 | 8.0 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 | 259 | 86.8 | 13.1° | 31% | 4% | 15% | 5 | .332 | .294 / .349 | +900 | 1.5 | 0-5 |
| 2 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 254 | 90.0 | 15.2° | 43% | 9% | 18% | 10 | .367 | .386 / .481 | +400 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 226 | 88.2 | 13.1° | 43% | 8% | 12% | 6 | .336 | .391 / .349 | +500 | 1.5 | 2-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Salvador Perez C · R Power in carry conditions | 245 | 92.8 | 14.3° | 55% | 13% | 11% | 14 | .364 | .311 / .331 | +375 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 5 | Jorge Soler DH · R Power in carry conditions | 220 | 93.0 | 17.5° | 52% | 13% | 18% | 5 | .333 | .346 / .447 | +360 | 0.5 | 1-3 1 HR |
| 6 | Hunter Dozier RF · R Power in carry conditions | 169 | 90.3 | 19.2° | 46% | 13% | 19% | 7 | .296 | .143 / .308 | +625 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 7 | Kelvin Gutiérrez 3B · R | 83 | 91.9 | -0.1° | 48% | 3% | 5% | 0 | .248 | — / — | +950 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| 8 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 196 | 88.4 | 11.6° | 39% | 7% | 4% | 5 | .293 | — / .284 | +675 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 180 | 83.5 | -0.3° | 23% | 0% | 4% | 0 | .270 | .314 / .292 | +1100 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Canha LF · R Power in carry conditions | 271 | 88.4 | 16.4° | 40% | 12% | 17% | 11 | .367 | .383 / .377 | +475 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 2 | Jed Lowrie DH · S | 232 | 91.0 | 16.4° | 46% | 9% | 15% | 4 | .359 | .393 / .379 | +550 | 0.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 3 | Chad Pinder 2B · R Power in carry conditions | 79 | 95.1 | 5.4° | 61% | 22% | 10% | 3 | .380 | — / .379 | +500 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 4 | Matt Olson 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 238 | 92.8 | 15.2° | 51% | 14% | 18% | 15 | .386 | .243 / .388 | +360 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| 5 | Sean Murphy C · R Power in carry conditions | 192 | 90.3 | 12.9° | 44% | 13% | 13% | 6 | .336 | — / .307 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 6 | Matt Chapman 3B · R | 249 | 88.0 | 14.9° | 37% | 9% | 14% | 5 | .287 | .275 / .299 | +425 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 7 | Stephen Piscotty RF · R Power in carry conditions | 132 | 85.9 | 17.4° | 40% | 10% | 11% | 4 | .319 | — / .314 | +725 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| 8 | Elvis Andrus SS · R | 207 | 86.4 | 6.6° | 33% | 2% | 8% | 0 | .285 | .349 / .256 | +850 | 0.5 | 0-2 |
| 9 | Skye Bolt CF · S | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |