1:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals 3–0 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Dylan Cease: breakers in thin air52% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.131 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+7.1 mph · 9.3 mph
to 26 mph
- Temperature
- 80°F
- 60%
- 29.00 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 9 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | Over -115 · Under -107 | 53% over | |
| — | CWS -120 · KC +165 | KC 38% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -115 · CWS +105 | — | |
| Dylan Cease | 6.5 | Over -136 · Under +102 | 58% over |
| Jonathan Heasley | 3.5 | Over -106 · Under -120 | 51% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Dylan Cease CWS · RHP
Today: 5.2 , 7 H, 0 , 2 BB, 9 K, 94 pitches
43% 52% 5%
Four-seam41%
Sinker2%
Slider35%
Changeup5%
- 96.3 mph
- 19.7 in
- 32%
- 37% / 9%
- 29%
- 43%
- .234
- 645
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 555 | 30% | .222 | 11.3 in |
| 859 | 31% | .306 | 12.1 in | |
| 1,114 | 31% | .271 | 11.7 in |
Jonathan Heasley KC · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 4 H, 3 , 3 BB, 1 K, 88 pitches
43% 18% 40%
Four-seam43%
Slider6%
Curveball11%
Changeup40%
- 93.5 mph
- 19.9 in
- 32%
- 6% / 22%
- 38%
- 69%
- .328
- 80
- 20% · 21% vs RHP
| 75 | 11% | .494 | 15.8 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
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 | 130 | 89.5 | 7.0° | 47% | 11% | 8% | 4 | .375 | — / .371 | +650 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 2 | AJ Pollock LF · R Power in carry conditions | 77 | 88.5 | 14.9° | 39% | 13% | 9% | 1 | .278 | — / .316 | +600 | 1 | 1-2 |
| 3 | Luis Robert Jr. CF · R Power in carry conditions | 113 | 90.8 | 5.2° | 47% | 13% | 4% | 5 | .417 | — / .411 | +500 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 4 | José Abreu 1B · R | 142 | 94.1 | 9.4° | 54% | 10% | 9% | 3 | .344 | — / .377 | +400 | 1.5 | 2-3 |
| 5 | Yasmani Grandal DH · S | 120 | 90.4 | 12.4° | 44% | 10% | 15% | 2 | .312 | — / .317 | +500 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 6 | Adam Engel RF · R | 80 | 90.5 | 13.1° | 42% | 2% | 17% | 1 | .268 | — / .253 | +800 | 1.5 | 0-1 |
| 7 | Leury García 2B · S | 89 | 86.5 | 8.4° | 40% | 9% | 12% | 2 | .277 | — / .299 | +1200 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Reese McGuire C · L | 64 | 81.9 | 10.8° | 20% | 4% | 12% | 0 | .227 | — / .233 | +1600 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| 9 | Josh Harrison 3B · R | 75 | 88.3 | 13.5° | 34% | 9% | 3% | 0 | .279 | — / .253 | +775 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 145 | 86.4 | 17.6° | 33% | 5% | 14% | 2 | .303 | .358 / .237 | +575 | 2 | 1-4 |
| 2 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 132 | 89.6 | 11.7° | 40% | 7% | 8% | 2 | .313 | .406 / .245 | +450 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 3 | Carlos Santana DH · S | 91 | 89.3 | 12.5° | 38% | 6% | 16% | 1 | .335 | .282 / .374 | +400 | 1 | 0-2 |
| 4 | Ryan O'Hearn 1B · L | 35 | 93.6 | 7.9° | 52% | 4% | 14% | 1 | .358 | — / — | +500 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 5 | Hunter Dozier RF · R Power in carry conditions | 121 | 89.3 | 14.5° | 41% | 10% | 13% | 3 | .311 | .344 / .366 | +360 | 1 | 1-4 |
| 6 | Bobby Witt Jr. 3B · R | 130 | 88.7 | 15.5° | 40% | 5% | 15% | 3 | .257 | .375 / .252 | +400 | 1 | 1-4 |
| 7 | MJ Melendez C · L | 27 | 92.5 | 14.8° | 47% | 6% | 18% | 0 | .297 | — / — | +475 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 8 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 113 | 87.4 | 17.6° | 35% | 9% | 11% | 2 | .328 | .386 / .369 | +450 | 0.5 | 0-2 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez SS · L | 116 | 81.4 | 5.0° | 21% | 2% | 4% | 0 | .281 | .316 / .346 | +1100 | 0.5 | 3-3 |