6:45 PM CDT · Busch Stadium
Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals 8–5 final
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Typical air
1.141 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+0.5 mph · 0.4 mph
to 7 mph
- Temperature
- 84°F
- 49%
- 29.44 inHg
- Elevation
- 460 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 6 mph, Out To RF.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | Over -115 · Under -105 | 53% over | |
| — | KC +100 · STL -120 | STL 55% | |
| STL +1.5 | STL +155 · KC +155 | — | |
| Michael Wacha | 4.5 | Over -156 · Under +122 | 61% over |
| Gordon Graceffo | 3.5 | Over +140 · Under -185 | 42% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Michael Wacha KC · RHP
Today: 5.0 , 7 H, 3 , 1 BB, 3 K, 84 pitches
50% 19% 32%
Four-seam24%
Sinker15%
Cutter10%
Slider10%
Curveball9%
Changeup32%
- 93.5 mph
- 18.0 in
- 22%
- 21% / 7%
- 33%
- 40%
- .310
- 1,333
- 22% · 23% vs RHP
| 285 | 26% | .341 | 7.3 in | |
| 166 | 23% | .252 | 11.1 in |
| 1,660 | 19% | .355 | 11.9 in | |
| 3,241 | 20% | .339 | 15.7 in |
Gordon Graceffo STL · RHP
Today: 3.1 , 4 H, 3 , 0 BB, 2 K, 38 pitches
34% 34% 31%
Four-seam34%
Slider16%
Curveball18%
Changeup31%
- 94.2 mph
- 14.1 in
- 24%
- 22% / 11%
- 33%
- 42%
- .309
- 67
- 19% · 19% vs RHP
| 67 | 24% | .309 | 10.7 in | |
| 0 | — | — | — |
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 | 400 | 89.7 | 7.1° | 43% | 5% | 8% | 6 | .307 | .315 / .277 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 2 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R | 403 | 92.7 | 15.0° | 50% | 15% | 11% | 15 | .409 | .484 / .355 | +370 | 1.5 | 2-4 |
| 3 | Vinnie Pasquantino 1B · L | 364 | 91.4 | 16.0° | 47% | 8% | 18% | 11 | .354 | .359 / .351 | +400 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 4 | Salvador Perez DH · R | 360 | 91.6 | 18.2° | 47% | 13% | 26% | 14 | .376 | .401 / .440 | +300 | 1.5 | 1-3 1 HR |
| 5 | Michael Massey 2B · L | 142 | 87.2 | 13.3° | 34% | 8% | 17% | 8 | .292 | .289 / .246 | +500 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| 6 | Hunter Renfroe RF · R | 239 | 88.0 | 18.9° | 35% | 7% | 19% | 8 | .298 | .328 / .206 | +400 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 7 | MJ Melendez LF · L | 270 | 91.1 | 15.1° | 43% | 9% | 21% | 9 | .320 | .301 / .313 | +450 | 0.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 8 | Freddy Fermin C · R | 177 | 86.4 | 13.1° | 33% | 5% | 16% | 4 | .303 | .321 / .348 | +700 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 9 | Kyle Isbel CF · L | 235 | 87.5 | 6.1° | 38% | 5% | 12% | 6 | .290 | .324 / .272 | +1000 | 0.5 | 2-3 1 HR |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brendan Donovan LF · L | 372 | 88.1 | 11.9° | 38% | 5% | 14% | 8 | .338 | .351 / .351 | +650 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 2 | Willson Contreras C · R | 193 | 91.0 | 11.9° | 46% | 13% | 5% | 9 | .391 | .426 / .470 | +400 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 3 | Alec Burleson DH · L | 316 | 89.0 | 14.5° | 40% | 7% | 11% | 14 | .335 | .301 / .396 | +550 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 4 | Paul Goldschmidt 1B · R | 386 | 91.5 | 13.3° | 49% | 10% | 16% | 12 | .332 | .358 / .348 | +450 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 5 | Lars Nootbaar RF · L | 168 | 91.1 | 4.2° | 53% | 9% | 8% | 5 | .368 | .501 / .412 | +650 | 0.5 | 2-4 1 HR |
| 6 | Nolan Arenado 3B · R | 356 | 85.0 | 18.5° | 27% | 3% | 20% | 7 | .297 | .308 / .281 | +650 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 7 | Nolan Gorman 2B · L | 325 | 88.3 | 20.9° | 38% | 16% | 20% | 17 | .312 | .259 / .279 | +400 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 8 | Masyn Winn SS · R | 328 | 85.1 | 14.6° | 30% | 2% | 14% | 4 | .290 | .240 / .323 | +850 | 1.5 | 1-2 |
| 9 | Matt Carpenter PH · L | 107 | 84.8 | 24.4° | 29% | 3% | 23% | 2 | .306 | .374 / .276 | +550 | 0.5 | 0-1 |