7:10 PM EDT · Fenway Park
Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox 0–2 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.96Typical air
1.176 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+4.9 mph · 6.1 mph
to 18 mph
- Temperature
- 70°F
- 94%
- 29.61 inHg
- Elevation
- 21 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Overcast, wind 3 mph, Out To CF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.5 | Over -108 · Under -112 | 52% over | |
| — | KC +190 · BOS -240 | BOS 71% | |
| BOS -1.5 | BOS -125 · KC +105 | — | |
| James Paxton | 6.5 | Over -120 · Under -106 | 55% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Austin Cox KC · LHP
Today: 2.0 , 1 H, 0 , 0 BB, 2 K, 29 pitches
68% 16% 16%
Four-seam50%
Cutter18%
Slider2%
Curveball14%
Changeup16%
- 91.6 mph
- 18.6 in
- 24%
- 21% / 13%
- 45%
- 37%
- .347
- 421
- 22% · 22% vs LHP
| 162 | 20% | .343 | 9.4 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
James Paxton BOS · LHP
Today: 5.1 , 6 H, 0 , 0 BB, 6 K, 98 pitches
76% 18% 7%
Four-seam54%
Sinker2%
Cutter19%
Changeup7%
- 95.5 mph
- 14.9 in
- 27%
- 27% / 7%
- 39%
- 40%
- .281
- 1,271
- 24% · 22% vs LHP
| 217 | 27% | .319 | 5.6 in | |
| 166 | 21% | .384 | 8.3 in |
| 667 | 21% | .314 | 9.3 in | |
| 3,740 | 27% | .287 | 10.4 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maikel Garcia 3B · R | 343 | 91.2 | 5.9° | 50% | 5% | 6% | 4 | .325 | .334 / — | +600 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 2 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R | 493 | 90.0 | 15.3° | 44% | 12% | 13% | 20 | .363 | .406 / .251 | +390 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Michael Massey 2B · L | 304 | 88.5 | 19.0° | 42% | 9% | 28% | 10 | .332 | .303 / .322 | +600 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 4 | Salvador Perez 1B · R | 426 | 90.4 | 15.9° | 46% | 10% | 14% | 17 | .324 | .326 / .379 | +285 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 5 | MJ Melendez LF · L | 443 | 93.6 | 17.9° | 52% | 13% | 18% | 12 | .327 | .292 / .345 | +550 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 6 | Freddy Fermin C · R | 166 | 89.0 | 11.6° | 44% | 12% | 17% | 9 | .339 | .320 / — | +425 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 7 | Edward Olivares DH · R | 296 | 87.0 | 12.6° | 38% | 7% | 16% | 6 | .325 | .324 / .409 | +550 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Nelson Velázquez RF · R | 32 | 90.3 | 1.7° | 52% | 19% | 24% | 3 | .376 | — / .376 | — | — | 0-0 |
| 9 | Dairon Blanco CF · R | 84 | 81.1 | 3.9° | 27% | 5% | 4% | 0 | .247 | .260 / — | +750 | 0.5 | 1-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pablo Reyes SS · R | 92 | 85.8 | 15.9° | 38% | 5% | 15% | 1 | .330 | — / .271 | +500 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 2 | Rafael Devers 3B · L | 460 | 92.6 | 12.4° | 53% | 13% | 14% | 26 | .378 | .345 / .371 | +340 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Adam Duvall CF · R Wind toward pull side | 198 | 87.6 | 28.6° | 38% | 13% | 30% | 10 | .308 | .320 / .442 | +260 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 4 | Triston Casas 1B · L | 374 | 91.5 | 15.5° | 47% | 15% | 19% | 18 | .372 | .446 / .368 | +425 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 5 | Trevor Story DH · R | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — / — | +340 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 6 | Alex Verdugo RF · L | 440 | 89.0 | 7.8° | 37% | 5% | 11% | 8 | .343 | .341 / .358 | +900 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 7 | Jarren Duran LF · L | 338 | 90.0 | 10.3° | 48% | 6% | 10% | 8 | .326 | .351 / .322 | +650 | 1.5 | 0-2 |
| 8 | Luis Urías 2B · R | 87 | 85.1 | 16.9° | 33% | 8% | 12% | 1 | .293 | — / — | +550 | 1 | 0-3 |
| 9 | Reese McGuire C · L | 129 | 81.9 | 4.8° | 26% | 4% | 13% | 1 | .238 | — / .251 | +1200 | 0.5 | 1-3 |