6:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Boston Red Sox at Kansas City Royals 9–5 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Alec Marsh: breakers in thin air42% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.117 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+3.2 mph · 5.0 mph
to 14 mph
- Temperature
- 90°F
- 33%
- 29.07 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 8 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.5 | Over -105 · Under -103 | 51% over | |
| — | BOS -180 · KC +150 | KC 40% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -102 · BOS -118 | — | |
| Tanner Houck | 4.5 | Over +102 · Under -134 | 50% over |
| Alec Marsh | 4.5 | Over -110 · Under -112 | 52% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Tanner Houck BOS · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 7 H, 4 , 1 BB, 5 K, 95 pitches
54% 35% 11%
Four-seam10%
Sinker29%
Cutter15%
Slider34%
Sweeper1%
Splitter11%
- 93.5 mph
- 8.8 in
- 27%
- 21% / 9%
- 43%
- 53%
- .310
- 1,212
- 23% · 23% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 603 | 25% | .310 | 11.9 in |
| 191 | 33% | .309 | 13.9 in | |
| 1,448 | 25% | .300 | 12.7 in |
Alec Marsh KC · RHP
Today: 2.2 , 7 H, 6 , 2 BB, 1 K, 60 pitches
43% 42% 15%
Four-seam42%
Sinker1%
Slider14%
Sweeper11%
Curveball16%
Changeup15%
- 94.2 mph
- 15.2 in
- 28%
- 26% / 12%
- 38%
- 32%
- .370
- 916
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
| 305 | 26% | .324 | 9.5 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Verdugo RF · L | 529 | 89.0 | 8.9° | 37% | 5% | 12% | 13 | .342 | .352 / .358 | +600 | 1.5 | 3-5 |
| 2 | Rafael Devers 3B · L Power in carry conditions | 546 | 92.6 | 12.7° | 53% | 13% | 13% | 29 | .378 | .338 / .371 | +350 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 3 | Justin Turner DH · R | 525 | 89.9 | 16.2° | 39% | 6% | 13% | 22 | .350 | .399 / .354 | +550 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 4 | Triston Casas 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 449 | 91.4 | 15.8° | 47% | 14% | 18% | 21 | .371 | .410 / .368 | +450 | 0.5 | 2-4 1 HR |
| 5 | Adam Duvall LF · R Power in carry conditions | 276 | 88.9 | 29.9° | 38% | 14% | 32% | 18 | .327 | .295 / .442 | +330 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 6 | Ceddanne Rafaela CF · R | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | — | — | 0-1 |
| 7 | Trevor Story SS · R Power in carry conditions | 80 | 89.1 | 16.0° | 46% | 13% | 10% | 1 | .262 | — / — | +550 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 8 | Reese McGuire C · L | 162 | 82.9 | 4.9° | 28% | 4% | 13% | 1 | .256 | — / .251 | +1200 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 9 | Luis Urías 2B · R | 137 | 85.3 | 15.5° | 30% | 7% | 14% | 3 | .310 | — / — | +650 | 0.5 | 0-0 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maikel Garcia 3B · R | 412 | 91.4 | 5.8° | 51% | 4% | 6% | 4 | .323 | .331 / — | +1100 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 2 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R Power in carry conditions | 581 | 90.2 | 14.9° | 45% | 12% | 12% | 28 | .368 | .397 / .251 | +700 | 1.5 | 0-5 |
| 3 | MJ Melendez LF · L Power in carry conditions | 514 | 93.5 | 17.6° | 51% | 12% | 19% | 12 | .321 | .303 / .345 | +400 | 1.5 | 3-3 1 HR |
| 4 | Salvador Perez 1B · R | 502 | 90.3 | 16.0° | 46% | 10% | 14% | 21 | .329 | .333 / .379 | +550 | 1.5 | 0-5 |
| 5 | Freddy Fermin C · R Power in carry conditions | 217 | 89.2 | 10.8° | 43% | 11% | 16% | 9 | .336 | .357 / — | +850 | 1.5 | 0-5 |
| 6 | Michael Massey 2B · L | 383 | 88.2 | 17.2° | 41% | 8% | 26% | 10 | .313 | .280 / .322 | +650 | 1.5 | 3-5 |
| 7 | Drew Waters CF · S Power in carry conditions | 268 | 88.2 | 17.5° | 38% | 12% | 20% | 8 | .318 | .368 / — | +650 | 0.5 | 1-5 |
| 8 | Matt Beaty DH · L | 64 | 82.7 | 6.7° | 16% | 0% | 16% | 0 | .261 | — / — | +950 | 0.5 | 0-1 |
| 9 | Nelson Velázquez RF · R Power in carry conditions | 91 | 90.7 | 11.5° | 48% | 20% | 18% | 9 | .351 | .445 / .376 | +800 | 0.5 | 2-4 |