1:10 PM CDT · Guaranteed Rate Field
Kansas City Royals at Chicago White Sox 1–7 final
- Thin airAir density 0.93: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Thin air
1.137 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-1.3 mph · 5.0 mph
to 12 mph
- Temperature
- 86°F
- 43%
- 29.41 inHg
- Elevation
- 595 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 6 mph, Out To LF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Over -110 · Under -110 | 52% over | |
| — | KC +190 · CWS -195 | CWS 66% | |
| CWS -1.5 | CWS +106 · KC -127 | — | |
| Daniel Mengden | 3.5 | Over +110 · Under -145 | 48% over |
| Johnny Cueto | 4.5 | Over +105 · Under -136 | 49% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Daniel Mengden KC · RHP
Today: 2.2 , 5 H, 3 , 1 BB, 2 K, 54 pitches
63% 14% 23%
Four-seam28%
Cutter35%
Curveball14%
Changeup23%
- 92.5 mph
- 17.2 in
- 28%
- 33% / 0%
- 25%
- 42%
- .248
- 65
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 35 | 32% | .351 | 16.3 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 396 | 18% | .357 | 13.1 in | |
| 1,868 | 18% | .333 | 12.9 in |
Johnny Cueto CWS · RHP
Today: 5.1 , 6 H, 1 , 0 BB, 5 K, 94 pitches
59% 19% 22%
Four-seam16%
Sinker26%
Cutter16%
Slider19%
Changeup22%
- 91.4 mph
- 15.0 in
- 15%
- 15% / 5%
- 37%
- 45%
- .314
- 1,826
- 22% · 22% vs RHP
| 211 | 5% | .306 | 6.8 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
| 1,367 | 17% | .311 | 7.2 in | |
| 4,481 | 19% | .320 | 7.4 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MJ Melendez LF · L Power in carry conditions | 398 | 90.8 | 14.1° | 44% | 11% | 18% | 14 | .330 | .338 / .288 | +333 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Bobby Witt Jr. 3B · R | 501 | 90.3 | 17.1° | 40% | 9% | 14% | 19 | .323 | .342 / .251 | +340 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 3 | Salvador Perez C · R Power in carry conditions | 366 | 91.6 | 17.8° | 49% | 12% | 15% | 19 | .307 | .310 / .329 | +185 | 1.5 | 0-5 |
| 4 | Nick Pratto 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 138 | 85.7 | 21.4° | 38% | 16% | 26% | 6 | .295 | .297 / — | +325 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 5 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 371 | 85.3 | 12.8° | 32% | 7% | 11% | 8 | .303 | .349 / .313 | +525 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 6 | Michael Massey 2B · L Power in carry conditions | 97 | 89.9 | 18.3° | 44% | 17% | 20% | 1 | .366 | .448 / — | +350 | 1.5 | 3-3 |
| 7 | Hunter Dozier DH · R | 430 | 88.1 | 12.1° | 38% | 7% | 13% | 10 | .311 | .341 / .340 | +375 | 1.5 | 0-1 |
| 8 | Drew Waters RF · S | 27 | 84.7 | 5.5° | 27% | 7% | 13% | 0 | .221 | .275 / — | +650 | 0.5 | 2-3 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 424 | 83.4 | 4.4° | 24% | 2% | 5% | 0 | .288 | .305 / .320 | +1150 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elvis Andrus SS · R | 432 | 88.1 | 13.1° | 34% | 4% | 12% | 9 | .284 | .234 / .309 | +425 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 2 | Adam Haseley LF · L | 23 | 80.3 | -13.5° | 33% | 0% | 0% | 0 | .260 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 3 | José Abreu 1B · R | 557 | 91.7 | 8.6° | 51% | 9% | 8% | 14 | .376 | .378 / .386 | +360 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 4 | Josh Harrison DH · R | 353 | 86.4 | 14.5° | 30% | 4% | 8% | 6 | .283 | .310 / .292 | +650 | 0.5 | 0-1 |
| 5 | Gavin Sheets RF · L | 318 | 88.5 | 15.6° | 37% | 7% | 16% | 12 | .292 | .256 / .263 | +375 | 1.5 | 0-2 |
| 6 | Yasmani Grandal C · S | 294 | 89.9 | 11.6° | 40% | 5% | 11% | 3 | .298 | .292 / .307 | +375 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 7 | AJ Pollock CF · R | 410 | 88.2 | 12.0° | 42% | 9% | 13% | 9 | .319 | .360 / .292 | +330 | 1.5 | 2-4 1 HR |
| 8 | Leury García 3B · S | 297 | 86.2 | 5.2° | 36% | 4% | 10% | 3 | .267 | .283 / .304 | +650 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| 9 | Romy Gonzalez 2B · R | 32 | 89.6 | 2.0° | 55% | 9% | 0% | 0 | .327 | — / — | +450 | 0.5 | 1-4 |