1:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals 7–3 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Wind out 10 mphWind blowing out toward center field helps fly balls carry.
- Taylor Clarke: breakers in thin air55% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.113 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+9.9 mph · 3.1 mph
to 23 mph
- Temperature
- 91°F
- 38%
- 29.05 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Sunny, wind 11 mph, L To R.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Over -115 · Under -105 | 53% over | |
| — | BOS -190 · KC +165 | KC 38% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC +102 · BOS -122 | — | |
| Chris Sale | 5.5 | Over -118 · Under -110 | 54% over |
| Taylor Clarke | 0.5 | Over -225 · Under +165 | 69% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Chris Sale BOS · LHP
Today: 5.0 , 2 H, 0 , 2 BB, 5 K, 100 pitches
54% 35% 11%
Four-seam46%
Sinker8%
Slider35%
Changeup11%
- 94.1 mph
- 11.2 in
- 28%
- 29% / 6%
- 33%
- 38%
- .300
- 1,250
- 23% · 22% vs LHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 558 | 26% | .289 | 11.5 in |
| 871 | 26% | .253 | 14.1 in | |
| 3,741 | 28% | .278 | 14.5 in |
Taylor Clarke KC · RHP
Today: 1.0 , 0 H, 0 , 0 BB, 1 K, 12 pitches
29% 55% 16%
Four-seam29%
Slider37%
Sweeper18%
Changeup16%
- 94.8 mph
- 17.4 in
- 24%
- 24% / 10%
- 40%
- 35%
- .333
- 890
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 239 | 23% | .328 | 8.2 in | |
| 119 | 23% | .293 | 9.9 in |
| 1,480 | 22% | .347 | 6.8 in | |
| 539 | 22% | .296 | 7.8 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rob Refsnyder LF · R | 219 | 87.0 | 11.7° | 35% | 4% | 12% | 1 | .348 | — / .377 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 2 | Rafael Devers 3B · L Power in carry conditions | 551 | 92.6 | 12.7° | 53% | 12% | 13% | 29 | .377 | .330 / .371 | +360 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 3 | Justin Turner DH · R | 530 | 89.9 | 16.3° | 39% | 6% | 13% | 22 | .351 | .406 / .354 | +450 | 1.5 | 0-2 |
| 4 | Triston Casas 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 454 | 91.5 | 16.0° | 47% | 14% | 18% | 22 | .375 | .450 / .368 | +450 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 5 | Adam Duvall RF · R Power in carry conditions | 281 | 89.1 | 29.7° | 38% | 14% | 32% | 18 | .329 | .319 / .442 | +300 | 1.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Ceddanne Rafaela CF · R | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 7 | Trevor Story SS · R Power in carry conditions | 85 | 89.4 | 16.2° | 47% | 14% | 12% | 1 | .259 | — / — | +475 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Luis Urías 2B · R | 137 | 85.3 | 15.5° | 30% | 7% | 14% | 3 | .310 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 9 | Connor Wong C · R | 342 | 88.4 | 14.6° | 39% | 8% | 13% | 8 | .278 | .201 / .339 | +650 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maikel Garcia 3B · R | 417 | 91.5 | 5.7° | 51% | 4% | 6% | 4 | .323 | .330 / — | +850 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R Power in carry conditions | 586 | 90.3 | 15.0° | 45% | 12% | 12% | 28 | .366 | .390 / .251 | +500 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 3 | MJ Melendez DH · L Power in carry conditions | 519 | 93.5 | 17.6° | 51% | 12% | 19% | 13 | .324 | .316 / .345 | +550 | 0.5 | 0-2 |
| 4 | Salvador Perez C · R | 507 | 90.3 | 16.5° | 45% | 10% | 14% | 21 | .326 | .323 / .379 | +390 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 5 | Nelson Velázquez RF · R Power in carry conditions | 95 | 90.2 | 9.6° | 46% | 19% | 17% | 9 | .345 | .417 / .376 | +500 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 6 | Michael Massey 2B · L | 388 | 88.2 | 17.4° | 41% | 8% | 26% | 10 | .314 | .287 / .322 | +750 | 1 | 0-2 |
| 7 | Nick Loftin 1B · R | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | +800 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 8 | Drew Waters CF · S Power in carry conditions | 273 | 88.2 | 17.4° | 38% | 12% | 20% | 8 | .318 | .368 / — | — | — | 1-1 |
| 9 | Dairon Blanco LF · R | 110 | 83.0 | 5.1° | 33% | 7% | 8% | 1 | .284 | .261 / — | +1125 | 0.5 | 1-3 |