1:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals 9–3 final
- Dense airAir density 0.98: fly balls die sooner and breaking balls get more bite.
- Mike Minor: breakers in dense air49% breaking balls. Dense air adds break to those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.98Dense air
1.202 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-7.6 mph · 5.8 mph
to 23 mph
- Temperature
- 52°F
- 68%
- 29.07 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Overcast, wind 11 mph, L To R.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | Over -105 · Under -115 | 51% over | |
| — | CWS -149 · KC +133 | KC 43% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -130 · CWS +110 | — | |
| Lucas Giolito | 7.5 | Over +120 · Under -161 | 45% over |
| Mike Minor | 5.5 | Over -143 · Under -164 | 59% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Lucas Giolito CWS · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 4 H, 1 , 2 BB, 2 K, 93 pitches
50% 15% 36%
Four-seam50%
Slider15%
Changeup36%
- 93.5 mph
- 19.6 in
- 29%
- 31% / 10%
- 42%
- 38%
- .320
- 555
- 23% · 23% vs RHP
| 211 | 29% | .383 | 6.6 in | |
| 257 | 27% | .256 | 8.1 in |
| 1,563 | 26% | .294 | 8.4 in | |
| 1,515 | 24% | .332 | 10.0 in |
Mike Minor KC · LHP
Today: 5.0 , 4 H, 5 , 2 BB, 7 K, 91 pitches
34% 49% 17%
Four-seam34%
Slider30%
Changeup17%
- 91.2 mph
- 15.7 in
- 24%
- 23% / 10%
- 42%
- 42%
- .340
- 567
- 23% · 20% vs LHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 201 | 22% | .372 | 10.0 in |
| 2,722 | 22% | .313 | 9.2 in | |
| 1,209 | 21% | .328 | 10.4 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 | 97 | 87.5 | -2.5° | 38% | 8% | 5% | 4 | .288 | — / .332 | +650 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Nick Madrigal 2B · R | 106 | 84.5 | -1.5° | 21% | 0% | 2% | 0 | .290 | — / .288 | +1050 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 3 | Yoán Moncada 3B · S | 125 | 89.6 | 9.4° | 41% | 10% | 10% | 3 | .353 | — / .336 | +600 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 4 | José Abreu 1B · R | 134 | 92.5 | 6.8° | 54% | 11% | 11% | 6 | .330 | — / .333 | +500 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 5 | Yasmani Grandal C · S | 86 | 91.6 | 10.3° | 52% | 11% | 9% | 2 | .402 | — / .355 | +575 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 6 | Yermín Mercedes DH · R | 103 | 88.5 | 12.0° | 32% | 10% | 15% | 5 | .361 | — / .343 | +600 | 0.5 | 2-5 |
| 7 | Billy Hamilton CF · S | 26 | 78.6 | 4.2° | 17% | 0% | 6% | 0 | .257 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 8 | Leury García LF · S | 85 | 78.3 | -1.2° | 25% | 3% | 5% | 0 | .228 | — / .225 | +1150 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| 9 | Danny Mendick RF · R | 26 | 78.4 | 26.1° | 33% | 0% | 13% | 1 | .401 | — / — | — | — | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 143 | 87.1 | 13.3° | 30% | 3% | 17% | 4 | .336 | — / .358 | +1000 | 1.5 | 2-3 |
| 2 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 125 | 87.9 | 10.5° | 41% | 7% | 11% | 3 | .338 | — / .359 | +750 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R | 134 | 93.6 | 12.6° | 57% | 14% | 11% | 7 | .388 | — / .355 | +475 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 4 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 137 | 90.0 | 14.7° | 45% | 11% | 20% | 6 | .371 | — / .490 | +525 | 0.5 | 0-2 |
| 5 | Jorge Soler DH · R | 127 | 94.5 | 16.7° | 60% | 13% | 21% | 2 | .343 | — / .448 | +400 | 0.5 | 0-2 |
| 6 | Hunter Dozier RF · R | 106 | 91.3 | 14.5° | 45% | 12% | 17% | 5 | .313 | — / .305 | +750 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 7 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 107 | 87.5 | 11.9° | 37% | 7% | 3% | 2 | .330 | — / .322 | +750 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Hanser Alberto 3B · R | 63 | 80.9 | 9.9° | 18% | 0% | 18% | 0 | .231 | — / .217 | — | — | 1-4 |
| 9 | Ryan O'Hearn PH · L | 36 | 88.4 | 14.4° | 44% | 17% | 17% | 2 | .347 | — / .359 | +500 | 0.5 | 0-1 |