1:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago Cubs at Kansas City Royals 7–3 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Wind out 11 mphWind blowing out toward center field helps fly balls carry.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.124 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+11.0 mph · 6.2 mph
to 27 mph
- Temperature
- 83°F
- 68%
- 28.98 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 12 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Over -105 · Under -113 | 51% over | |
| — | CHC +150 · KC -184 | KC 65% | |
| KC -1.5 | KC +110 · CHC -130 | — | |
| Javier Assad | 3.5 | Over +110 · Under -140 | 48% over |
| Cole Ragans | 7.5 | Over +110 · Under -140 | 48% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Javier Assad CHC · RHP
Today: 6.0 , 5 H, 3 , 1 BB, 5 K, 81 pitches
76% 21% 3%
Four-seam19%
Sinker37%
Cutter20%
Slider1%
Sweeper8%
Curveball11%
Changeup3%
- 91.7 mph
- 16.6 in
- 15%
- 21% / 11%
- 41%
- 43%
- .342
- 1,564
- 18% · 19% vs RHP
| 280 | 16% | .315 | 12.9 in | |
| 624 | 13% | .295 | 15.8 in |
| 563 | 22% | .341 | 13.2 in | |
| 1,130 | 14% | .337 | 14.0 in |
Cole Ragans KC · LHP
Today: 5.2 , 8 H, 4 , 1 BB, 7 K, 102 pitches
53% 22% 24%
Four-seam41%
Cutter12%
Slider12%
Changeup24%
- 95.7 mph
- 17.0 in
- 30%
- 29% / 8%
- 38%
- 41%
- .290
- 2,034
- 23% · 23% vs LHP
| 698 | 33% | .286 | 8.0 in | |
| 354 | 29% | .297 | 11.2 in |
| 1,236 | 33% | .281 | 8.5 in | |
| 441 | 29% | .298 | 12.1 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 | 418 | 86.0 | 9.4° | 28% | 2% | 9% | 4 | .314 | .232 / .326 | +900 | 1.5 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Patrick Wisdom 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 108 | 89.0 | 29.0° | 43% | 14% | 13% | 5 | .301 | — / .354 | +340 | 0.5 | 1-5 1 HR |
| 3 | Seiya Suzuki RF · R Power in carry conditions | 348 | 92.5 | 15.1° | 50% | 12% | 11% | 15 | .342 | .310 / .418 | +475 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 4 | Ian Happ LF · S Power in carry conditions | 417 | 89.8 | 13.6° | 44% | 12% | 17% | 16 | .342 | .488 / .283 | +550 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 5 | Michael Busch DH · L Power in carry conditions | 369 | 89.0 | 16.6° | 38% | 11% | 17% | 12 | .321 | .322 / .305 | +550 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| 6 | Dansby Swanson SS · R | 369 | 90.2 | 10.1° | 44% | 8% | 11% | 9 | .322 | .309 / .357 | +550 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 7 | David Bote 3B · R | 39 | 89.7 | 13.8° | 54% | 4% | 11% | 0 | .304 | — / — | +550 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 8 | Pete Crow-Armstrong CF · L | 198 | 83.1 | 13.0° | 30% | 5% | 16% | 3 | .241 | .322 / .265 | +900 | 0.5 | 3-4 |
| 9 | Christian Bethancourt C · R | 88 | 84.8 | 11.3° | 39% | 5% | 10% | 2 | .234 | — / .202 | +600 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Massey 2B · L | 180 | 87.5 | 12.7° | 35% | 8% | 18% | 8 | .294 | .284 / .246 | +475 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 2 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R Power in carry conditions | 459 | 92.8 | 15.7° | 50% | 15% | 11% | 18 | .411 | .476 / .355 | +360 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Vinnie Pasquantino 1B · L | 420 | 90.8 | 16.4° | 45% | 7% | 18% | 11 | .345 | .349 / .351 | +475 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 4 | Salvador Perez DH · R Power in carry conditionsWind toward pull side | 414 | 91.5 | 19.3° | 46% | 13% | 25% | 19 | .376 | .386 / .440 | +300 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 5 | Hunter Renfroe RF · R | 287 | 88.3 | 18.7° | 36% | 7% | 19% | 10 | .301 | .350 / .206 | +380 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 6 | MJ Melendez LF · L | 288 | 91.1 | 14.9° | 43% | 10% | 21% | 11 | .324 | .301 / .313 | +425 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 7 | Freddy Fermin C · R | 208 | 86.3 | 11.1° | 33% | 4% | 16% | 4 | .295 | .322 / .348 | +675 | 1.5 | 1-4 1 HR |
| 8 | Kyle Isbel CF · L | 267 | 87.2 | 6.7° | 38% | 5% | 12% | 7 | .298 | .329 / .272 | +1000 | 0.5 | 0-2 |
| 9 | Maikel Garcia 3B · R | 441 | 89.6 | 6.3° | 43% | 4% | 8% | 6 | .309 | .317 / .277 | +1000 | 0.5 | 1-3 |