Scoring Analysis

Final

2024-05-1807:40Kauffman Stadium

Athletics

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2-6

Royals

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Athletics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0
Royals	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	X	6	11	0

H/A

Data range

Ranked from both teams’ inning offense and defense. Each team value combines its scoring rate with the opponent’s allowing rate; the league gap sums both sides. This is historical context, not a prediction.

Scoring hotspots

Inn.9

Athletics scoring tendency

45%

Own scoring 36%

Opponent allowing 54%

Royals scoring tendency

27%

Own scoring 19%

Opponent allowing 36%

Sustained highCombined vs league +20pp

Inn.4

Athletics scoring tendency

30%

Own scoring 35%

Opponent allowing 25%

Royals scoring tendency

32%

Own scoring 10%

Opponent allowing 55%

Sustained highCombined vs league +12pp

Inn.8

Athletics scoring tendency

28%

Own scoring 40%

Opponent allowing 16%

Royals scoring tendency

34%

Own scoring 47%

Opponent allowing 20%

Heating upCombined vs league +13pp

Innings 1–9 scoring tendencies

Each cell combines both teams’ tendencies; select an inning to see the split

Athletics offense × Royals defense

45%R 36% · RA 54%

Royals offense × Athletics defense

27%R 19% · RA 36%

Sample 13Combined vs league +20pp

Last 20 72% · Season 55% · +17pp

Game phases

1–3 Early

52%

-1pp

4–6 Middle

50%

-2pp

7–9 Late

64%

+14pp

F5 first five

52%

+0pp

F9 full game

56%

+4pp

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Athletics — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

46 games

Avg Runs Trend

Runs 171Runs Allowed 221

Royals — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

45 games

Avg Runs Trend

Runs 202Runs Allowed 157

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Each team is ranked separately: #1–#3 mark the top three scoring rates and allowing rates.

Team	Item	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10+
Athletics	R	17% 8/46	#133% 15/46	24% 11/46	24% 11/46	#228% 13/46	26% 12/46	20% 9/46	26% 12/46	#326% 10/38	40% 2/5
Athletics	RA	#235% 16/46	#335% 16/46	26% 12/46	#143% 20/46	20% 9/46	24% 11/46	22% 10/46	17% 8/46	27% 9/33	40% 2/5
Royals	R	#331% 14/45	20% 9/45	16% 7/45	18% 8/45	22% 10/45	#134% 15/44	#232% 14/44	27% 12/44	23% 7/31	50% 1/2
Royals	RA	16% 7/45	22% 10/45	#227% 12/45	#327% 12/45	13% 6/45	25% 11/44	23% 10/44	23% 10/44	#134% 12/35	50% 1/2

Scoring rate is the share of actual offensive innings with at least one run. Unplayed half-innings are excluded; extras do not enter the top-three ranking.