1:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals 7–4 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Wind out 8 mphWind blowing out toward center field helps fly balls carry.
- Carlos Hernández: breakers in thin air41% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.119 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+8.2 mph · 3.4 mph
to 25 mph
- Temperature
- 80°F
- 62%
- 28.66 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 3 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Over -115 · Under -110 | 53% over | |
| — | CWS -135 · KC +120 | KC 45% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -135 · CWS +115 | — | |
| Vince Velasquez | 4.5 | Over +115 · Under -155 | 47% over |
| Carlos Hernández | 3.5 | Over +110 · Under -140 | 48% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Vince Velasquez CWS · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 6 H, 4 , 1 BB, 3 K, 87 pitches
55% 36% 10%
Four-seam41%
Sinker13%
Slider18%
Changeup10%
- 92.8 mph
- 18.9 in
- 24%
- 20% / 10%
- 49%
- 34%
- .392
- 496
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 87 | 17% | .406 | 11.0 in | |
| 160 | 29% | .366 | 10.1 in |
| 966 | 22% | .332 | 8.9 in | |
| 2,235 | 25% | .299 | 11.1 in |
Carlos Hernández KC · RHP
Today: 3.0 , 5 H, 3 , 5 BB, 3 K, 77 pitches
47% 41% 12%
Four-seam45%
Sinker2%
Slider18%
Splitter12%
- 95.3 mph
- 16.8 in
- 22%
- 10% / 11%
- 41%
- 42%
- .388
- 468
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 85 | 24% | .406 | 5.5 in | |
| 225 | 19% | .401 | 6.1 in |
| 751 | 22% | .337 | 7.7 in | |
| 403 | 26% | .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 | Tim Anderson SS · R Power in carry conditions | 140 | 89.2 | 6.5° | 46% | 11% | 7% | 4 | .369 | — / .371 | +750 | 1.5 | 2-3 |
| 2 | Yoán Moncada 3B · S | 38 | 88.5 | 15.1° | 40% | 12% | 8% | 2 | .347 | — / — | +900 | 0.5 | 1-5 |
| 3 | Luis Robert Jr. CF · R Power in carry conditions | 125 | 91.0 | 5.5° | 47% | 13% | 5% | 5 | .396 | — / .411 | +380 | 1.5 | 3-4 1 HR |
| 4 | José Abreu DH · R | 150 | 94.3 | 8.6° | 56% | 9% | 8% | 3 | .350 | — / .377 | +290 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 5 | AJ Pollock LF · R Power in carry conditions | 88 | 88.9 | 15.6° | 42% | 12% | 12% | 1 | .304 | — / .316 | +360 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 6 | Gavin Sheets 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 100 | 88.2 | 15.5° | 39% | 11% | 16% | 4 | .272 | — / .236 | +450 | 0.5 | 0-5 |
| 7 | Yasmani Grandal C · S | 132 | 90.9 | 12.8° | 46% | 9% | 13% | 2 | .305 | .288 / .317 | +475 | 0.5 | 1-1 |
| 8 | Adam Engel RF · R | 89 | 89.8 | 12.4° | 38% | 2% | 17% | 1 | .266 | — / .253 | — | — | 1-2 |
| 9 | Josh Harrison 2B · R | 82 | 88.3 | 14.3° | 33% | 8% | 3% | 0 | .283 | — / .253 | +800 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield RF · R | 159 | 86.9 | 17.6° | 33% | 5% | 13% | 2 | .314 | .388 / .237 | +1000 | 1.5 | 0-5 |
| 2 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 145 | 89.6 | 11.5° | 39% | 6% | 7% | 2 | .308 | .340 / .245 | +650 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 3 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R | 142 | 89.4 | 16.1° | 40% | 6% | 15% | 4 | .266 | .372 / .252 | +425 | 2 | 1-4 |
| 4 | Hunter Dozier 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 129 | 88.9 | 15.9° | 40% | 11% | 13% | 3 | .308 | .322 / .366 | +320 | 5.5 | 3-4 1 HR |
| 5 | MJ Melendez DH · L | 38 | 94.7 | 14.8° | 58% | 13% | 21% | 2 | .359 | .391 / — | +475 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 6 | Emmanuel Rivera 3B · R | 39 | 92.3 | 6.9° | 42% | 8% | 15% | 1 | .367 | .348 / — | +650 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 7 | Kyle Isbel CF · L | 42 | 93.0 | 2.4° | 57% | 7% | 20% | 0 | .302 | — / — | +800 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 8 | Ryan O'Hearn PH · L | 39 | 92.8 | 5.9° | 50% | 4% | 13% | 1 | .322 | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 127 | 81.7 | 4.5° | 22% | 2% | 3% | 0 | .287 | .330 / .346 | +1200 | 2.5 | 2-3 |