7:10 PM CDT · Kauffman Stadium
Houston Astros at Kansas City Royals 10–8 final
- Thin airAir density 0.93: fly balls carry farther and breaking balls break less.
- Tatsuya Imai: breakers in thin air45% breaking balls. Less air means less break on those pitches.
Conditions at first pitch
0.93Thin air
1.133 kg/m³ at first pitch.
+2.0 mph · 6.2 mph
to 16 mph
- Temperature
- 81°F
- 42%
- 29.03 inHg
- Elevation
- 856 ft
- —
- Open air
MLB's recorded conditions: Partly Cloudy, wind 6 mph, R To L.
Betting lines
| Market | Line | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5 | Over -110 · Under -110 | 52% over | |
| — | HOU -105 · KC -115 | KC 53% | |
| KC +1.5 | KC -175 · HOU +145 | — | |
| Tatsuya Imai | 4.5 | Over +100 · Under -135 | 50% over |
| Luinder Avila | 3.5 | Over -125 · Under -105 | 56% over |
Consensus closing lines. Implied probabilities include the sportsbook margin.
Starting pitchers
Tatsuya Imai HOU · RHP
Today: 0.2 , 4 H, 5 , 1 BB, 1 K, 38 pitches
51% 45% 4%
Four-seam41%
Sinker9%
Slider44%
Changeup2%
Splitter2%
- 94.7 mph
- 11.1 in
- 28%
- 24% / 15%
- 47%
- 52%
- .338
- 658
- 21% · 21% vs RHP
Luinder Avila KC · RHP
Today: 0.2 , 5 H, 8 , 3 BB, 0 K, 49 pitches
51% 38% 11%
Four-seam25%
Sinker27%
Slider25%
Curveball13%
Changeup11%
- 96.4 mph
- 15.4 in
- 21%
- 21% / 14%
- 31%
- 49%
- .325
- 579
- 22% · 23% vs RHP
| 137 | 11% | .333 | 7.4 in | |
| 135 | 21% | .427 | 11.5 in |
| 180 | 17% | .304 | 8.7 in | |
| 135 | 21% | .427 | 11.5 in |
Lineups
Season-to-date batted-ball profile before this game. Tap any underlined label for what it means.
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeremy Peña SS · R | 135 | 85.6 | 13.5° | 31% | 5% | 14% | 3 | .364 | — / — | +700 | 1.5 | 1-3 |
| 2 | Yordan Alvarez DH · L Power in carry conditions | 299 | 94.9 | 19.1° | 55% | 19% | 24% | 22 | .490 | — / .425 | +325 | 1.5 | 3-5 2 HR |
| 3 | Christian Walker 1B · R Power in carry conditions | 285 | 90.4 | 14.8° | 45% | 12% | 16% | 16 | .317 | — / .323 | +450 | 1.5 | 1-5 1 HR |
| 4 | Isaac Paredes 3B · R Wind toward pull side | 265 | 87.2 | 24.3° | 31% | 7% | 30% | 9 | .320 | — / .410 | +550 | 1.5 | 0-3 |
| 5 | Jose Altuve 2B · R | 206 | 85.2 | 7.8° | 36% | 6% | 18% | 5 | .300 | — / .289 | +700 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 6 | Brice Matthews LF · R | 171 | 84.6 | 8.6° | 39% | 7% | 11% | 4 | .258 | — / .368 | — | — | 1-1 1 HR |
| 7 | Cam Smith RF · R Power in carry conditions | 260 | 89.4 | 11.0° | 46% | 13% | 8% | 7 | .339 | — / .300 | +800 | 0.5 | 1-5 |
| 8 | Jake Meyers CF · R | 109 | 85.3 | 15.8° | 27% | 6% | 10% | 2 | .261 | — / — | +1000 | 0.5 | 0-1 |
| 9 | Christian Vázquez C · R | 150 | 83.8 | 13.3° | 24% | 2% | 11% | 4 | .241 | — / .307 | +1100 | 0.5 | 0-3 |
| # | Hitter | HR | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carter Jensen DH · L Power in carry conditions | 232 | 90.2 | 20.8° | 41% | 10% | 17% | 8 | .274 | .257 / .558 | +500 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 2 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS · R Power in carry conditions | 307 | 93.1 | 16.9° | 53% | 13% | 9% | 9 | .386 | .326 / .436 | +425 | 1.5 | 1-4 |
| 3 | Starling Marte RF · R Power in carry conditions | 78 | 90.9 | 9.8° | 43% | 15% | 6% | 1 | .318 | — / .307 | — | — | 0-1 |
| 4 | Maikel Garcia 3B · R | 266 | 89.5 | 9.2° | 41% | 5% | 14% | 3 | .327 | .336 / .307 | +1000 | 1.5 | 2-5 |
| 5 | Jac Caglianone 1B · L Power in carry conditions | 231 | 93.8 | 8.0° | 57% | 16% | 16% | 8 | .363 | .395 / .294 | +450 | 1 | 0-5 |
| 6 | Salvador Perez C · R | 267 | 88.6 | 17.1° | 40% | 8% | 16% | 9 | .287 | .215 / .304 | +500 | 1 | 3-5 |
| 7 | Michael Massey 2B · L | 154 | 89.8 | 16.9° | 45% | 8% | 20% | 6 | .279 | .238 / .204 | +550 | 0.5 | 2-4 |
| 8 | Lane Thomas CF · R | 156 | 86.7 | 23.1° | 36% | 3% | 17% | 2 | .310 | .224 / .357 | +800 | 0.5 | 0-1 |
| 9 | Isaac Collins LF · S | 226 | 87.5 | 18.2° | 39% | 8% | 16% | 3 | .300 | .284 / .173 | +1000 | 0.5 | 1-2 |