1:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals 5–1 final
- Dense airAir density 0.98: fly balls die sooner and breaking balls get more bite.
Conditions at first pitch
0.98Dense air
1.202 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-0.4 mph · 6.5 mph
to 19 mph
- Temperature
- 53°F
- 61%
- 29.12 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Overcast, wind 8 mph, L To R.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | Over -110 · Under -110 | 52% over | |
| — | TOR -108 · KC -108 | KC 52% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -190 · TOR +160 | — |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Steven Matz TOR · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 2 H, 1 , 2 BB, 5 K, 82 pitches
50% 25% 25%
Sinker50%
Slider12%
Curveball13%
Changeup25%
- 94.7 mph
- —
- 25%
- 28% / 9%
- 38%
- 55%
- .278
- 181
- 26%
| 929 | 17% | .359 | 9.6 in | |
| 2,153 | 21% | .300 | 11.5 in |
Mike Minor KC · LHP
Today: 5.2 , 7 H, 4 , 0 BB, 3 K, 99 pitches
38% 48% 14%
Four-seam38%
Slider31%
Changeup14%
- 91.7 mph
- 14.9 in
- 29%
- 20% / 11%
- 41%
- 28%
- .316
- 178
- 25%
| 2,722 | 22% | .313 | 9.2 in | |
| 1,008 | 21% | .319 | 10.5 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcus Semien 2B · R | 64 | 91.4 | 23.3° | 53% | 8% | 29% | 4 | .288 | — / .319 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 2 | Bo Bichette SS · R | 58 | 90.6 | 5.4° | 48% | 15% | 10% | 4 | .311 | — / — | — | — | 0-4 |
| 3 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B · R | 57 | 94.0 | 11.6° | 47% | 11% | 14% | 3 | .436 | — / — | — | — | 2-3 1 HR |
| 4 | Randal Grichuk RF · R | 52 | 91.3 | 19.5° | 47% | 11% | 8% | 1 | .348 | — / — | — | — | 2-3 |
| 5 | Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF · R | 42 | 87.3 | 8.1° | 41% | 3% | 3% | 0 | .273 | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 6 | Alejandro Kirk DH · R | 19 | 86.7 | 18.4° | 43% | 7% | 14% | 1 | .284 | — / — | — | — | 1-3 |
| 7 | Santiago Espinal 3B · R | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Jonathan Davis CF · R | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 2-3 1 HR |
| 9 | Danny Jansen C · R | 28 | 89.4 | 17.7° | 27% | 0% | 20% | 0 | .189 | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 50 | 89.6 | 17.1° | 33% | 5% | 21% | 3 | .344 | — / .443 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 2 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 50 | 85.7 | 11.3° | 27% | 0% | 13% | 0 | .265 | — / .303 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R | 47 | 93.2 | 3.8° | 57% | 13% | 13% | 3 | .384 | — / .420 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 4 | Carlos Santana 1B · S | 48 | 88.3 | 6.2° | 37% | 7% | 23% | 2 | .314 | — / .403 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 5 | Jorge Soler DH · R | 44 | 90.2 | 17.3° | 47% | 6% | 24% | 1 | .278 | — / .508 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 6 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 44 | 93.2 | 14.0° | 44% | 16% | 3% | 2 | .431 | — / .453 | — | — | 0-3 |
| 7 | Hunter Dozier RF · R | 26 | 88.1 | 18.6° | 38% | 0% | 19% | 0 | .190 | — / — | — | — | 0-3 |
| 8 | Hanser Alberto 3B · R | 21 | 84.3 | 6.1° | 24% | 0% | 29% | 0 | .242 | — / — | — | — | 0-2 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 39 | 82.0 | 5.3° | 20% | 0% | 3% | 0 | .269 | — / .291 | — | — | 1-2 |