7:10 PM CDT · Minute Maid Park
Kansas City Royals at Houston Astros 7–9 final
- Roof closedPlayed indoors, so outdoor air density and wind have little effect.
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Indoors
1.144 kg/m³ at first pitch. The roof was closed, so outdoor conditions mostly did not apply.
Indoors
to 21 mph
- Temperature
- 89°F
- 60%
- 29.87 inHg
- Elevation
- 45 ft
- —
- Roof closed
MLB's recorded conditions: Roof Closed, wind 0 mph, None.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Over -120 · Under +100 | 55% over | |
| — | KC +220 · HOU -270 | HOU 73% | |
| HOU -1.5 | HOU -125 · KC +105 | — | |
| Zack Greinke | 3.5 | Over +125 · Under -182 | 44% over |
| Luis Garcia | 5.5 | Over -121 · Under -110 | 55% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Zack Greinke KC · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 10 H, 6 , 2 BB, 2 K, 80 pitches
50% 33% 16%
Four-seam33%
Sinker4%
Cutter13%
Slider14%
Curveball20%
Changeup16%
- 88.8 mph
- 15.3 in
- 16%
- 12% / 4%
- 40%
- 40%
- .355
- 1,056
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 539 | 21% | .343 | 13.1 in | |
| 259 | 15% | .344 | 16.2 in |
| 4,242 | 23% | .300 | 11.1 in | |
| 2,256 | 22% | .305 | 13.3 in |
Luis Garcia HOU · RHP
Today: 6.1 , 8 H, 5 , 1 BB, 7 K, 88 pitches
77% 13% 9%
Four-seam46%
Cutter31%
Sweeper7%
Curveball6%
Changeup9%
- 94.2 mph
- 17.9 in
- 28%
- 26% / 7%
- 38%
- 37%
- .302
- 1,187
- 20% · 20% vs RHP
| 95 | 30% | .210 | 11.5 in | |
| 85 | 25% | .280 | 13.1 in |
| 333 | 30% | .314 | 12.6 in | |
| 590 | 27% | .328 | 14.6 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whit Merrifield 2B · R | 350 | 86.8 | 15.0° | 30% | 4% | 12% | 3 | .322 | .337 / .240 | +625 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 2 | Andrew Benintendi LF · L | 326 | 88.8 | 10.9° | 39% | 5% | 8% | 3 | .338 | .345 / .259 | +500 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Ryan O'Hearn PH · L | 61 | 91.8 | 6.1° | 49% | 3% | 11% | 1 | .313 | .315 / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 4 | Vinnie Pasquantino 1B · L | 26 | 96.8 | 14.5° | 60% | 13% | 20% | 1 | .490 | — / — | +375 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 5 | Hunter Dozier DH · R | 279 | 89.2 | 14.2° | 41% | 10% | 14% | 8 | .328 | .373 / .340 | +360 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 6 | MJ Melendez C · L | 204 | 89.9 | 14.7° | 39% | 9% | 18% | 8 | .322 | .355 / .288 | +425 | 0.5 | 1-3 1 HR |
| 7 | Kyle Isbel RF · L | 113 | 90.9 | 6.2° | 50% | 6% | 21% | 2 | .294 | .350 / .339 | +575 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 8 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 217 | 85.1 | 13.5° | 31% | 7% | 11% | 5 | .315 | .392 / .313 | +575 | 0.5 | 0-2 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez 3B · L | 254 | 82.6 | 6.0° | 24% | 1% | 4% | 0 | .288 | .312 / .320 | +1150 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Altuve 2B · R | 282 | 84.9 | 17.1° | 33% | 10% | 21% | 16 | .359 | .281 / .340 | +360 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 2 | Jeremy Peña SS · R | 244 | 88.2 | 10.1° | 39% | 10% | 17% | 11 | .336 | — / .245 | +320 | 1.5 | 1-5 1 HR |
| 3 | Yordan Alvarez LF · L | 293 | 95.8 | 12.5° | 61% | 19% | 17% | 24 | .475 | .868 / — | +290 | 1.5 | 2-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Alex Bregman 3B · R | 321 | 89.8 | 19.2° | 37% | 7% | 22% | 9 | .346 | .281 / .233 | +340 | 1.5 | 3-5 1 HR |
| 5 | Kyle Tucker RF · L | 301 | 89.4 | 20.9° | 38% | 12% | 19% | 16 | .409 | .556 / — | +375 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 6 | Yuli Gurriel DH · R | 287 | 87.4 | 16.9° | 37% | 3% | 15% | 7 | .271 | — / .263 | +450 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 7 | Aledmys Díaz 1B · R | 152 | 85.3 | 11.9° | 32% | 5% | 17% | 3 | .285 | — / — | +475 | 0.5 | 3-4 1 HR |
| 8 | Jake Meyers CF · R | 33 | 86.6 | 6.2° | 45% | 9% | 9% | 1 | .311 | — / — | +625 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| 9 | Martín Maldonado C · R | 198 | 89.3 | 15.1° | 47% | 10% | 15% | 7 | .271 | — / — | +450 | 0.5 | 0-3 |