6:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Houston Astros at Kansas City Royals 8–10 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.94Typical air
1.155 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-1.6 mph · 2.6 mph
to 21 mph
- Temperature
- 72°F
- 62%
- 29.10 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 4 mph, Varies.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | Over -102 · Under -115 | 50% over | |
| — | HOU -150 · KC +125 | KC 44% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -128 · HOU +106 | — | |
| J.P. France | 4.5 | Over +104 · Under -136 | 49% over |
| Cole Ragans | 4.5 | Over -139 · Under +105 | 58% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
J.P. France HOU · RHP
Today: 4.1 , 5 H, 5 , 4 BB, 0 K, 90 pitches
62% 23% 15%
Four-seam42%
Cutter20%
Sweeper9%
Curveball14%
Changeup15%
- 93.1 mph
- 15.5 in
- 21%
- 18% / 8%
- 39%
- 43%
- .341
- 2,021
- 23% · 24% vs RHP
| 97 | 11% | .274 | 19.1 in | |
| 84 | 33% | .293 | 18.3 in |
Cole Ragans KC · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 6 H, 5 , 2 BB, 7 K, 100 pitches
53% 23% 24%
Four-seam40%
Cutter13%
Slider10%
Changeup24%
- 96.5 mph
- 16.0 in
- 30%
- 30% / 10%
- 36%
- 44%
- .264
- 1,297
- 20% · 19% vs LHP
| 468 | 32% | .243 | 8.7 in | |
| 87 | 25% | .305 | 16.8 in |
| 538 | 32% | .275 | 9.2 in | |
| 87 | 25% | .305 | 16.8 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Altuve 2B · R | 344 | 84.9 | 11.6° | 30% | 10% | 14% | 16 | .341 | — / .247 | +550 | 1.5 | 2-5 1 HR |
| 2 | Alex Bregman 3B · R | 659 | 88.6 | 18.0° | 38% | 5% | 17% | 23 | .349 | .444 / .276 | +750 | 1.5 | 3-4 |
| 3 | Yordan Alvarez DH · L | 435 | 93.1 | 17.3° | 52% | 17% | 14% | 27 | .431 | — / .415 | +360 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 4 | Kyle Tucker RF · L | 617 | 90.1 | 14.3° | 47% | 10% | 18% | 27 | .392 | .480 / .339 | +450 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 5 | José Abreu 1B · R | 535 | 89.0 | 10.9° | 41% | 8% | 10% | 15 | .314 | .366 / .224 | +600 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 6 | Chas McCormick LF · R | 403 | 87.1 | 15.0° | 38% | 11% | 14% | 20 | .342 | — / .171 | +650 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 7 | Yainer Diaz C · R | 350 | 90.6 | 11.5° | 45% | 13% | 13% | 21 | .363 | .401 / .406 | +700 | 1.5 | 1-5 1 HR |
| 8 | Jeremy Peña SS · R | 578 | 87.3 | 5.1° | 36% | 4% | 12% | 10 | .313 | .287 / .353 | +900 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 9 | Mauricio Dubón CF · R | 456 | 86.6 | 10.0° | 29% | 5% | 9% | 9 | .302 | — / .205 | +1000 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maikel Garcia 3B · R | 462 | 91.6 | 6.2° | 51% | 4% | 7% | 4 | .322 | .327 / — | +800 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 2 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R | 632 | 90.3 | 15.4° | 45% | 11% | 12% | 29 | .367 | .384 / .251 | +500 | 1.5 | 2-3 |
| 3 | Logan Porter C · R | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 1-3 1 HR |
| 4 | MJ Melendez LF · L | 558 | 93.4 | 17.5° | 50% | 11% | 19% | 14 | .322 | .328 / .345 | +475 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 5 | Nelson Velázquez DH · R | 128 | 90.1 | 11.5° | 49% | 21% | 16% | 13 | .366 | .451 / .376 | +500 | 0.5 | 0-2 |
| 6 | Michael Massey 2B · L | 423 | 88.1 | 18.0° | 41% | 8% | 27% | 14 | .318 | .298 / .322 | +900 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| 7 | Kyle Isbel CF · L | 285 | 88.5 | 13.7° | 39% | 5% | 12% | 5 | .285 | .264 / .250 | +1000 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 8 | Dairon Blanco RF · R | 123 | 83.2 | 7.3° | 33% | 6% | 9% | 2 | .283 | .269 / — | +850 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 9 | Nick Pratto 1B · L | 312 | 87.9 | 13.3° | 43% | 9% | 15% | 7 | .289 | .299 / .228 | +1100 | 0.5 | 1-3 |