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Final
2021-08-0708:15Busch Stadium
Royals
Away
2-4
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Cardinals11011000X490

Scoring Analysis

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

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.

#1
Inn.4
Royals scoring tendency
40%
Own scoring 35%
Opponent allowing 45%
Cardinals scoring tendency
32%
Own scoring 35%
Opponent allowing 30%
Sustained highCombined vs league +17pp
#2
Inn.3
Royals scoring tendency
25%
Own scoring 30%
Opponent allowing 20%
Cardinals scoring tendency
43%
Own scoring 45%
Opponent allowing 40%
Sustained highCombined vs league +11pp
#3
Inn.7
Royals scoring tendency
40%
Own scoring 45%
Opponent allowing 35%
Cardinals scoring tendency
28%
Own scoring 35%
Opponent allowing 20%
Heating upCombined vs league +14pp

Innings 1–9 scoring tendencies

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

Royals offense × Cardinals defense
40%R 35% · RA 45%
Cardinals offense × Royals defense
32%R 35% · RA 30%
Sample 20Combined vs league +17pp
Last 20 72% · Season 57% · +15pp

Game phases

1–3 Early
55%
-0pp
4–6 Middle
55%
-1pp
7–9 Late
52%
-1pp
F5 first five
57%
+2pp
F9 full game
54%
-1pp
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Royals — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

107 games
0224466894966141522577135770458555406266552735638373892110+ScoredAllowed
Avg Runs Trend
0.00.20.50.81.012345678910+Avg. ScoredAvg. Allowed
Runs 441Runs Allowed 530

Cardinals — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

108 games
02040608060611475426460342544564954859636577295583429915210+ScoredAllowed
Avg Runs Trend
0.00.71.32.02.712345678910+Avg. ScoredAvg. Allowed
Runs 431Runs Allowed 480
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Each team is ranked separately: #1–#3 mark the top three scoring rates and allowing rates.

TeamItem12345678910+
RoyalsR22% 24/10721% 23/107#233% 35/10729% 31/107#331% 33/10721% 22/107#134% 36/10722% 23/10328% 22/8067% 2/3
RA30% 32/10728% 30/10733% 35/107#136% 38/10733% 35/10731% 33/10722% 23/106#235% 36/103#334% 26/7633% 1/3
CardinalsR#231% 34/108#330% 32/108#133% 36/10821% 23/10823% 25/10822% 24/10821% 23/10719% 20/10425% 20/7986% 6/7
RA#328% 30/10824% 26/10827% 29/108#229% 31/10828% 30/108#130% 32/10827% 29/10726% 27/10417% 13/7614% 1/7

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.