6:40 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals 5–12 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Dylan Cease: breakers in thin air59% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.130 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-4.4 mph · 3.4 mph
to 15 mph
- Temperature
- 81°F
- 44%
- 28.96 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Clear, wind 9 mph, L To R.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | Over -114 · Under -106 | 53% over | |
| — | CWS -130 · KC +110 | KC 48% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -150 · CWS +130 | — | |
| Dylan Cease | 5.5 | Over -160 · Under +125 | 62% over |
| Zack Greinke | 2.5 | Over -157 · Under +120 | 61% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Dylan Cease CWS · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 9 H, 7 , 1 BB, 6 K, 97 pitches
38% 59% 3%
Four-seam38%
Slider41%
Changeup3%
- 95.5 mph
- 18.4 in
- 26%
- 26% / 12%
- 52%
- 40%
- .331
- 694
- 24% · 25% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 310 | 24% | .376 | 8.6 in |
| 1,442 | 33% | .281 | 10.1 in | |
| 1,599 | 30% | .309 | 10.5 in |
Zack Greinke KC · RHP
Today: 5.2 , 6 H, 3 , 1 BB, 2 K, 81 pitches
48% 38% 14%
Four-seam22%
Sinker14%
Cutter12%
Slider16%
Curveball22%
Changeup14%
- 89.9 mph
- 16.5 in
- 16%
- 16% / 4%
- 43%
- 41%
- .365
- 537
- 23% · 22% vs RHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 165 | 17% | .380 | 15.6 in |
| 4,598 | 23% | .300 | 11.4 in | |
| 2,610 | 20% | .310 | 13.7 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Anderson SS · R | 76 | 88.1 | -1.2° | 50% | 9% | 6% | 0 | .333 | — / .421 | +800 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Lenyn Sosa 3B · R | 60 | 83.7 | 12.5° | 33% | 2% | 7% | 1 | .193 | — / .204 | — | — | 0-2 |
| 3 | Andrew Vaughn DH · R Power in carry conditions | 150 | 90.7 | 10.4° | 48% | 10% | 9% | 3 | .347 | — / .352 | +500 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 4 | Luis Robert Jr. CF · R Power in carry conditions | 141 | 86.6 | 11.5° | 37% | 12% | 11% | 7 | .338 | — / .468 | +475 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 5 | Gavin Sheets LF · L | 73 | 89.7 | 18.1° | 40% | 4% | 21% | 3 | .306 | — / .337 | +650 | 1.5 | 1-3 1 HR |
| 6 | Yasmani Grandal C · S | 115 | 87.3 | 12.4° | 28% | 5% | 9% | 3 | .314 | — / .336 | +700 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 7 | Hanser Alberto 1B · R | 40 | 80.3 | 12.4° | 18% | 6% | 30% | 3 | .272 | — / — | +950 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 8 | Elvis Andrus 2B · R | 139 | 85.2 | 5.7° | 27% | 0% | 8% | 1 | .267 | — / .285 | +850 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 9 | Adam Haseley RF · L | 20 | 86.3 | 8.8° | 43% | 7% | 14% | 0 | .451 | — / — | +1200 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R Power in carry conditions | 149 | 91.1 | 17.7° | 45% | 12% | 13% | 6 | .330 | .339 / .278 | +575 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 2 | Vinnie Pasquantino DH · L | 149 | 91.5 | 15.3° | 49% | 7% | 23% | 6 | .392 | .366 / .485 | +500 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 3 | Freddy Fermin C · R | 17 | 97.9 | 18.5° | 70% | 40% | 20% | 2 | .389 | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 4 | MJ Melendez RF · L Power in carry conditions | 129 | 94.8 | 19.3° | 58% | 15% | 23% | 3 | .318 | .211 / .366 | +400 | 0.5 | 2-5 1 HR |
| 5 | Edward Olivares LF · R Power in carry conditions | 107 | 87.6 | 12.8° | 40% | 10% | 13% | 2 | .359 | .397 / .442 | +850 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 6 | Nick Pratto 1B · L | 43 | 86.3 | 3.6° | 43% | 4% | 13% | 1 | .326 | — / .299 | +700 | 0.5 | 2-3 |
| 7 | Maikel Garcia 3B · R | 26 | 92.4 | 16.7° | 57% | 9% | 9% | 0 | .475 | — / — | +1200 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 8 | Michael Massey 2B · L | 102 | 87.6 | 16.4° | 41% | 7% | 16% | 0 | .271 | .315 / .342 | +700 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 9 | Jackie Bradley Jr. CF · L | 61 | 88.7 | 3.2° | 37% | 5% | 16% | 0 | .291 | .244 / — | +900 | 0.5 | 3-4 |