6:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals 5–4 final
- Thin airAir density 0.91: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
Conditions at first pitch
0.91Thin air
1.115 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-6.1 mph · 2.7 mph
to 15 mph
- Temperature
- 88°F
- 46%
- 29.00 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 5 mph, In From RF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | Over +100 · Under -120 | 50% over | |
| — | STL -145 · KC +120 | KC 45% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -130 · STL +108 | — | |
| Steven Matz | 5.5 | Over -105 · Under -122 | 51% over |
| Cole Ragans | 5.5 | Over +116 · Under -146 | 46% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Steven Matz STL · LHP
Today: 6.0 , 4 H, 2 , 0 BB, 5 K, 94 pitches
56% 17% 27%
Sinker56%
Slider2%
Curveball15%
Changeup27%
- 94.1 mph
- —
- 23%
- 22% / 7%
- 38%
- 47%
- .308
- 1,772
- 24% · 23% vs LHP
| 487 | 26% | .340 | 12.8 in | |
| 184 | 27% | .337 | 15.5 in |
| 1,607 | 21% | .341 | 10.8 in | |
| 2,855 | 22% | .304 | 12.0 in |
Cole Ragans KC · LHP
Today: 5.0 , 6 H, 3 , 4 BB, 5 K, 93 pitches
58% 19% 23%
Four-seam45%
Cutter12%
Slider4%
Changeup23%
- 96.2 mph
- 16.3 in
- 27%
- 26% / 10%
- 39%
- 43%
- .283
- 694
- 21% · 21% vs LHP
| 175 | 28% | .232 | 11.4 in | |
| 87 | 25% | .305 | 16.8 in |
| 245 | 29% | .299 | 12.3 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 | Lars Nootbaar CF · L | 372 | 88.8 | 4.8° | 39% | 9% | 7% | 12 | .361 | .370 / .444 | +800 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 2 | Paul Goldschmidt 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 510 | 91.3 | 12.3° | 50% | 12% | 13% | 18 | .369 | .365 / .388 | +450 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 3 | Nolan Arenado 3B · R | 474 | 89.6 | 17.3° | 42% | 9% | 24% | 24 | .332 | .342 / .241 | +310 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 4 | Willson Contreras DH · R Power in carry conditions | 388 | 92.0 | 11.0° | 48% | 12% | 10% | 13 | .367 | .393 / .373 | +360 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 5 | Nolan Gorman 2B · L Power in carry conditions | 401 | 91.1 | 21.8° | 48% | 16% | 23% | 24 | .358 | .370 / .328 | +450 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 6 | Tyler O'Neill LF · R Power in carry conditions | 170 | 90.1 | 15.9° | 46% | 13% | 10% | 6 | .344 | .400 / .274 | +400 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 7 | Tommy Edman SS · S | 347 | 88.7 | 7.9° | 40% | 4% | 12% | 8 | .317 | .377 / .348 | +700 | 1.5 | 2-3 2 HR |
| 8 | Jordan Walker RF · R | 294 | 91.3 | 8.0° | 47% | 7% | 11% | 10 | .318 | .273 / .363 | +550 | 1.5 | 0-2 |
| 9 | Andrew Knizner C · R Power in carry conditions | 151 | 87.6 | 14.3° | 40% | 10% | 17% | 9 | .296 | .312 / .233 | +850 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Velázquez RF · R | 36 | 91.1 | 3.5° | 57% | 22% | 22% | 4 | .371 | — / .376 | +450 | 1.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 2 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R Power in carry conditions | 502 | 90.1 | 14.9° | 44% | 12% | 13% | 21 | .363 | .407 / .251 | +500 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 3 | Michael Massey 2B · L | 313 | 88.6 | 18.6° | 42% | 9% | 28% | 10 | .328 | .296 / .322 | +800 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 4 | Salvador Perez 1B · R | 434 | 90.6 | 15.8° | 46% | 10% | 14% | 18 | .326 | .332 / .379 | +370 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 5 | Freddy Fermin C · R Power in carry conditions | 170 | 89.0 | 12.1° | 44% | 12% | 16% | 9 | .339 | .320 / — | +500 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 6 | Edward Olivares DH · R | 304 | 87.1 | 12.5° | 38% | 7% | 15% | 6 | .325 | .326 / .409 | +650 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 7 | Dairon Blanco PR · R | 87 | 81.5 | 4.2° | 28% | 7% | 4% | 0 | .250 | .260 / — | +900 | 0.5 | 0-0 |
| 8 | Matt Duffy 3B · R | 159 | 86.0 | 11.0° | 29% | 3% | 10% | 1 | .301 | .318 / .241 | +1450 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| 9 | Kyle Isbel CF · L | 215 | 88.4 | 13.0° | 40% | 5% | 11% | 4 | .282 | .284 / .250 | +1100 | 0.5 | 2-4 |