6:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Chicago Cubs at Kansas City Royals 9–4 final
- Thin airAir density 0.92: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Seth Lugo: breakers in thin air41% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.92Thin air
1.126 kg/m³ at first pitch.
-0.5 mph · 5.8 mph
to 17 mph
- Temperature
- 82°F
- 62%
- 29.01 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Cloudy, wind 5 mph, Varies.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Over -115 · Under -105 | 53% over | |
| — | CHC +115 · KC -135 | KC 57% | |
| KC -1.5 | KC +154 · CHC -190 | — | |
| Shota Imanaga | 4.5 | Over -145 · Under +110 | 59% over |
| Seth Lugo | 5.5 | Over +100 · Under -130 | 50% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Shota Imanaga CHC · LHP
Today: 5.2 , 6 H, 3 , 0 BB, 3 K, 87 pitches
56% 11% 33%
Four-seam54%
Sweeper7%
Curveball4%
Changeup3%
Splitter30%
- 91.8 mph
- 18.2 in
- 26%
- 26% / 4%
- 39%
- 33%
- .288
- 1,570
- 19% · 19% vs LHP
| 86 | 25% | .338 | 14.1 in | |
| 492 | 25% | .260 | 12.9 in |
Seth Lugo KC · RHP
Today: 6.1 , 5 H, 6 , 2 BB, 2 K, 90 pitches
51% 41% 8%
Four-seam25%
Sinker19%
Cutter7%
Slider10%
Sweeper4%
Curveball17%
Changeup5%
Splitter3%
- 92.3 mph
- 15.5 in
- 21%
- 22% / 6%
- 40%
- 43%
- .312
- 2,022
- 23% · 24% vs RHP
| 361 | 29% | .299 | 15.4 in | |
| 396 | 22% | .359 | 16.9 in |
| 1,336 | 23% | .312 | 14.5 in | |
| 3,064 | 21% | .310 | 16.9 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 | 413 | 86.1 | 9.4° | 28% | 2% | 9% | 4 | .317 | .248 / .326 | +1300 | 1.5 | 0-5 |
| 2 | Michael Busch 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 364 | 89.2 | 17.1° | 39% | 11% | 18% | 12 | .322 | .329 / .305 | +825 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 3 | Seiya Suzuki RF · R Power in carry conditions | 343 | 92.6 | 15.7° | 50% | 12% | 11% | 14 | .339 | .292 / .418 | +525 | 1.5 | 2-4 1 HR |
| 4 | Ian Happ LF · S Power in carry conditions | 412 | 89.8 | 13.8° | 43% | 12% | 17% | 16 | .342 | .504 / .283 | +750 | 0.5 | 0-5 |
| 5 | Héctor Neris P · R | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — / — | — | — | 0-0 |
| 6 | Mike Tauchman CF · L | 282 | 88.9 | 15.3° | 40% | 7% | 8% | 5 | .324 | .328 / .358 | +1000 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| 7 | Dansby Swanson SS · R | 365 | 90.3 | 10.0° | 44% | 9% | 11% | 9 | .320 | .290 / .357 | +700 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 8 | Miguel Amaya C · R | 220 | 87.5 | 6.8° | 35% | 3% | 12% | 3 | .293 | .240 / .281 | +1000 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| 9 | David Bote 3B · R | 38 | 90.3 | 12.8° | 56% | 4% | 11% | 0 | .305 | — / — | — | — | 1-1 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maikel Garcia 3B · R | 437 | 89.5 | 6.3° | 42% | 4% | 8% | 6 | .308 | .316 / .277 | +750 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 2 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R Power in carry conditions | 455 | 92.8 | 15.5° | 50% | 15% | 11% | 18 | .412 | .479 / .355 | +380 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Vinnie Pasquantino DH · L | 416 | 90.9 | 16.1° | 46% | 7% | 19% | 11 | .348 | .357 / .351 | +675 | 1.5 | 0-4 |
| 4 | Salvador Perez 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 410 | 91.6 | 19.4° | 46% | 13% | 26% | 19 | .379 | .395 / .440 | +320 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 5 | Freddy Fermin C · R | 204 | 86.3 | 11.3° | 33% | 4% | 16% | 4 | .292 | .315 / .348 | +600 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 6 | Hunter Renfroe RF · R | 283 | 88.1 | 18.7° | 36% | 7% | 19% | 9 | .296 | .337 / .206 | +400 | 1.5 | 3-4 1 HR |
| 7 | Garrett Hampson CF · R | 152 | 82.6 | 13.5° | 32% | 6% | 13% | 0 | .264 | .298 / .196 | +1000 | 0.5 | 1-4 |
| 8 | Nick Loftin LF · R | 160 | 83.4 | 10.2° | 27% | 3% | 12% | 1 | .300 | .311 / .379 | +750 | 0.5 | 0-4 |
| 9 | Michael Massey 2B · L | 178 | 87.4 | 13.0° | 34% | 8% | 18% | 8 | .292 | .281 / .246 | — | — | 0-1 |