1:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals 1–12 final
- Thin airAir density 0.90: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Wind out 9 mphWind blowing out toward center field helps fly balls carry.
- Jesse Scholtens: breakers in thin air53% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.90Thin air
1.103 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+9.0 mph · 9.1 mph
to 27 mph
- Temperature
- 93°F
- 38%
- 28.91 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 16 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Over -110 · Under -106 | 52% over | |
| — | CWS +140 · KC -170 | KC 63% | |
| KC -1.5 | KC +120 · CWS -137 | — | |
| Jesse Scholtens | 3.5 | Over +125 · Under -165 | 44% over |
| Cole Ragans | 6.5 | Over +100 · Under -135 | 50% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Jesse Scholtens CWS · RHP
Today: 3.2 , 9 H, 5 , 1 BB, 1 K, 83 pitches
44% 53% 3%
Four-seam44%
Slider37%
Curveball16%
Changeup2%
- 92.8 mph
- 16.6 in
- 19%
- 16% / 7%
- 37%
- 43%
- .310
- 1,120
- 23% · 23% vs RHP
| 328 | 18% | .317 | 9.4 in | |
| 58 | 22% | .332 | 9.2 in |
Cole Ragans KC · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 1 H, 0 , 0 BB, 7 K, 92 pitches
53% 22% 25%
Four-seam41%
Cutter12%
Slider9%
Changeup25%
- 96.4 mph
- 16.1 in
- 29%
- 30% / 9%
- 39%
- 44%
- .272
- 1,100
- 24% · 25% vs LHP
| 376 | 30% | .265 | 8.9 in | |
| 87 | 25% | .305 | 16.8 in |
| 446 | 30% | .298 | 9.4 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 | Elvis Andrus SS · R | 340 | 86.6 | 5.2° | 31% | 3% | 10% | 5 | .285 | .313 / .285 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 2 | Zach Remillard 3B · R | 134 | 81.1 | 9.3° | 22% | 1% | 9% | 1 | .236 | .249 / — | +1000 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 3 | Eloy Jiménez DH · R | 396 | 91.2 | 6.3° | 49% | 9% | 10% | 15 | .323 | .288 / .292 | +475 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 4 | Andrew Vaughn 1B · R | 519 | 91.1 | 11.8° | 47% | 9% | 12% | 17 | .327 | .326 / .318 | +500 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 5 | Gavin Sheets LF · L | 268 | 88.7 | 16.3° | 36% | 6% | 19% | 9 | .283 | .253 / .366 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 6 | Lenyn Sosa 2B · R | 122 | 85.8 | 13.6° | 39% | 9% | 10% | 5 | .289 | .432 / .204 | +800 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 7 | Oscar Colás RF · L | 245 | 87.1 | 5.1° | 40% | 7% | 10% | 4 | .267 | .306 / .258 | +650 | 0.5 | 0-2 |
| 8 | Trayce Thompson CF · R Power in carry conditions | 130 | 90.8 | 23.4° | 47% | 17% | 13% | 6 | .294 | .275 / .453 | +550 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| 9 | Korey Lee C · R | 25 | 85.8 | 8.1° | 43% | 0% | 7% | 0 | .227 | — / — | +800 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Duffy SS · R | 187 | 85.9 | 8.7° | 31% | 2% | 9% | 1 | .295 | .319 / .241 | — | — | 1-1 |
| 2 | Edward Olivares DH · R | 310 | 86.7 | 12.4° | 37% | 7% | 15% | 6 | .322 | .315 / .409 | +550 | 1.5 | 3-4 2 HR |
| 3 | Matt Beaty 1B · L | 68 | 82.7 | 6.7° | 16% | 0% | 16% | 0 | .276 | .291 / — | +950 | 0.5 | 0-1 |
| 4 | MJ Melendez LF · L Power in carry conditions | 521 | 93.5 | 17.6° | 51% | 12% | 19% | 13 | .324 | .316 / .345 | +310 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 5 | Freddy Fermin C · R Power in carry conditions | 222 | 89.4 | 10.9° | 44% | 10% | 15% | 9 | .334 | .350 / — | +550 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 6 | Nelson Velázquez RF · R Power in carry conditions | 99 | 90.3 | 9.7° | 46% | 18% | 18% | 9 | .341 | .398 / .376 | +475 | 1.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 7 | Michael Massey 2B · L | 390 | 88.1 | 17.5° | 41% | 7% | 26% | 10 | .313 | .284 / .322 | +550 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 8 | Drew Waters CF · S Power in carry conditions | 275 | 88.1 | 17.6° | 38% | 12% | 20% | 8 | .319 | .369 / — | +500 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 9 | Nick Loftin 3B · R | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | +650 | 0.5 | 2-3 |