1:40 PM EDT · Progressive Field
Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Guardians 5–7 final
- Dense airAir density 0.99: fly balls die sooner and breaking balls get more bite.
- Wind in 17 mphWind blowing in from center field knocks fly balls down.
- Shane Bieber: breakers in dense air47% breaking balls. Dense air adds break to those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.99Dense air
1.214 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-16.9 mph · 13.3 mph
to 35 mph
- Temperature
- 55°F
- 74%
- 29.55 inHg
- Elevation
- 653 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 22 mph, In From CF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | Over -115 · Under -105 | 53% over | |
| — | KC +195 · CLE -240 | CLE 71% | |
| CLE -1.5 | CLE +100 · KC -120 | — | |
| Max Castillo | 2.5 | Over -160 · Under +110 | 62% over |
| Shane Bieber | 6.5 | Over -108 · Under -124 | 52% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Max Castillo KC · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 8 H, 7 , 2 BB, 5 K, 95 pitches
46% 18% 36%
Four-seam46%
Slider18%
Changeup36%
- 93.3 mph
- 14.3 in
- 21%
- 22% / 9%
- 47%
- 50%
- .335
- 602
- 18% · 18% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 79 | 6% | .342 | 5.9 in |
Shane Bieber CLE · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 7 H, 1 , 1 BB, 3 K, 80 pitches
50% 47% 2%
Four-seam34%
Cutter16%
Slider30%
Changeup2%
- 91.3 mph
- 17.6 in
- 28%
- 25% / 5%
- 43%
- 48%
- .292
- 2,795
- 21% · 22% vs RHP
| 275 | 26% | .290 | 7.9 in | |
| 630 | 29% | .303 | 8.3 in |
| 1,250 | 32% | .301 | 8.8 in | |
| 1,945 | 32% | .318 | 9.8 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MJ Melendez C · L | 519 | 90.9 | 15.4° | 44% | 11% | 19% | 18 | .339 | .337 / .374 | +525 | 0.5 | 3-5 |
| 2 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R | 616 | 89.7 | 16.9° | 39% | 9% | 13% | 20 | .321 | .337 / .271 | +525 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 3 | Kyle Isbel RF · L | 267 | 89.0 | 9.7° | 46% | 5% | 20% | 4 | .270 | .306 / .299 | +950 | 0.5 | 0-0 |
| 4 | Edward Olivares DH · R | 158 | 89.8 | 8.5° | 39% | 6% | 19% | 4 | .351 | .345 / .366 | +625 | 0.5 | 2-5 |
| 5 | Ryan O'Hearn 1B · L | 139 | 91.5 | 13.0° | 47% | 7% | 14% | 1 | .326 | .292 / — | +625 | 0.5 | 2-5 |
| 6 | Michael A. Taylor CF · R | 448 | 84.8 | 12.1° | 33% | 7% | 11% | 9 | .298 | .322 / .278 | +825 | 0.5 | 0-5 |
| 7 | Drew Waters LF · S | 92 | 85.2 | 11.6° | 29% | 12% | 21% | 4 | .322 | .297 / — | +950 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 8 | Nate Eaton 3B · R | 111 | 85.8 | 14.3° | 30% | 6% | 10% | 1 | .311 | .278 / .343 | +950 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| 9 | Nicky Lopez 2B · L | 474 | 82.9 | 4.2° | 23% | 2% | 5% | 0 | .284 | .302 / .301 | +1450 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will Brennan LF · L | 30 | 88.2 | 3.0° | 48% | 0% | 13% | 0 | .322 | — / .303 | +900 | 1.5 | 2-5 1 HR |
| 2 | Amed Rosario SS · R | 658 | 88.3 | 5.0° | 38% | 4% | 6% | 11 | .308 | .383 / .341 | +800 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 3 | José Ramírez 3B · S | 667 | 87.6 | 21.0° | 37% | 7% | 20% | 29 | .326 | .322 / .366 | +600 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 4 | Owen Miller 1B · R | 464 | 85.6 | 10.2° | 30% | 3% | 13% | 5 | .293 | .260 / .352 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 5 | Bo Naylor DH · L | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | +800 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 6 | Oscar Gonzalez RF · R | 364 | 88.5 | 5.4° | 40% | 7% | 14% | 11 | .323 | .315 / .203 | +625 | 1.5 | 3-4 |
| 7 | Gabriel Arias 2B · R | 45 | 84.8 | -6.2° | 35% | 4% | 8% | 1 | .258 | — / .302 | +725 | 0.5 | 0-1 |
| 8 | Will Benson CF · L | 57 | 84.2 | 8.6° | 29% | 0% | 17% | 0 | .241 | — / — | +750 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 9 | Austin Hedges C · R | 329 | 81.3 | 14.1° | 23% | 3% | 15% | 7 | .244 | .193 / .248 | +1000 | 0.5 | 0-3 |