7:05 PM EDT · Nationals Park
Chicago Cubs at Washington Nationals 5–1 final
- Dense airAir density 0.98: fly balls die sooner and breaking balls get more bite.
- Drew Smyly: breakers in dense air47% breaking balls. Dense air adds break to those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.98Dense air
1.204 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+2.3 mph · 2.5 mph
to 13 mph
- Temperature
- 57°F
- 55%
- 29.41 inHg
- Elevation
- 35 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 8 mph, Out To RF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | Over -105 · Under -114 | 51% over | |
| — | CHC -136 · WSH +115 | WSH 47% | |
| WSH +1.5 | WSH -145 · CHC +122 | — | |
| Drew Smyly | 4.5 | Over +110 · Under -145 | 48% over |
| MacKenzie Gore | 6.5 | Over +110 · Under -145 | 48% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Drew Smyly CHC · LHP
Today: 7.0 , 6 H, 1 , 0 BB, 2 K, 84 pitches
53% 47% 0%
Sinker48%
Cutter5%
- 91.1 mph
- —
- 24%
- 25% / 5%
- 27%
- 36%
- .239
- 442
- 18% · 18% vs LHP
| 0 | — | — | — | |
| 165 | 26% | .264 | 3.9 in |
| 1,387 | 24% | .327 | 4.2 in | |
| 1,326 | 25% | .344 | 4.3 in |
MacKenzie Gore WSH · LHP
Today: 4.0 , 7 H, 4 , 2 BB, 4 K, 102 pitches
60% 38% 1%
Four-seam60%
Slider18%
Curveball20%
Changeup1%
- 94.7 mph
- 17.4 in
- 30%
- 32% / 14%
- 37%
- 53%
- .285
- 483
- 21% · 20% vs LHP
| 98 | 26% | .334 | 5.2 in | |
| 297 | 32% | .264 | 7.8 in |
| 177 | 22% | .441 | 5.5 in | |
| 839 | 25% | .301 | 9.0 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Hoerner 2B · R | 128 | 88.1 | 9.3° | 37% | 3% | 8% | 2 | .348 | — / .353 | +850 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Dansby Swanson SS · R | 119 | 89.1 | 6.1° | 38% | 10% | 7% | 1 | .358 | — / .319 | +475 | 1.5 | 3-5 1 HR |
| 3 | Cody Bellinger CF · L | 105 | 87.6 | 22.1° | 33% | 11% | 20% | 7 | .350 | — / .295 | +375 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 4 | Seiya Suzuki RF · R | 66 | 93.5 | 12.0° | 51% | 5% | 7% | 1 | .330 | — / .387 | +600 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 5 | Trey Mancini 1B · R | 98 | 88.9 | 6.7° | 40% | 3% | 8% | 3 | .292 | — / .301 | +525 | 1 | 1-4 |
| 6 | Patrick Wisdom DH · R | 103 | 93.5 | 24.5° | 60% | 22% | 31% | 10 | .377 | — / .303 | +350 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 7 | Tucker Barnhart C · L | 33 | 91.6 | 22.8° | 42% | 0% | 21% | 0 | .199 | — / .244 | — | — | 1-3 |
| 8 | Ian Happ LF · S | 117 | 90.6 | 11.6° | 39% | 11% | 13% | 2 | .387 | — / .432 | +550 | 0.5 | 2-2 1 HR |
| 9 | Nick Madrigal 3B · R | 48 | 84.2 | 7.9° | 29% | 0% | 5% | 0 | .309 | — / .347 | +1300 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Call LF · R | 102 | 85.3 | 12.6° | 35% | 5% | 11% | 2 | .321 | .350 / .331 | +475 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 2 | Luis García Jr. 2B · L | 88 | 88.1 | 1.1° | 33% | 7% | 5% | 2 | .332 | — / .305 | +625 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 3 | Jeimer Candelario 3B · S | 120 | 89.2 | 15.7° | 32% | 6% | 22% | 4 | .300 | .277 / .278 | +450 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 4 | Joey Meneses DH · R | 118 | 89.1 | 5.6° | 51% | 7% | 6% | 1 | .316 | — / .286 | +400 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 5 | Keibert Ruiz C · S | 99 | 87.6 | 15.6° | 33% | 5% | 21% | 2 | .356 | — / .376 | +750 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 6 | Lane Thomas RF · R | 107 | 84.3 | 9.8° | 30% | 1% | 10% | 0 | .253 | .355 / .184 | +550 | 0.5 | 1-3 1 HR |
| 7 | Dominic Smith 1B · L | 106 | 85.6 | 12.2° | 26% | 1% | 9% | 1 | .260 | — / .275 | +575 | 0.5 | 3-3 |
| 8 | Victor Robles CF · R | 94 | 81.6 | 9.5° | 26% | 3% | 4% | 0 | .324 | .272 / .337 | +850 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 9 | CJ Abrams SS · L | 99 | 84.6 | 11.5° | 38% | 3% | 12% | 2 | .270 | .379 / .234 | +850 | 0.5 | 0-3 |