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Scoring Analysis

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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.8
Royals scoring tendency
37%
Own scoring 35%
Opponent allowing 39%
Cubs scoring tendency
32%
Own scoring 39%
Opponent allowing 25%
Heating upCombined vs league +15pp
#2
Inn.4
Royals scoring tendency
38%
Own scoring 35%
Opponent allowing 40%
Cubs scoring tendency
30%
Own scoring 20%
Opponent allowing 40%
Sustained highCombined vs league +11pp
#3
Inn.6
Royals scoring tendency
38%
Own scoring 35%
Opponent allowing 40%
Cubs scoring tendency
30%
Own scoring 35%
Opponent allowing 25%
Heating upCombined vs league +10pp

Innings 1–9 scoring tendencies

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

Royals offense × Cubs defense
37%R 35% · RA 39%
Cubs offense × Royals defense
32%R 39% · RA 25%
Sample 18Combined vs league +15pp
Last 20 69% · Season 51% · +18pp

Game phases

1–3 Early
52%
-3pp
4–6 Middle
63%
+7pp
7–9 Late
62%
+9pp
F5 first five
56%
+0pp
F9 full game
59%
+4pp
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Royals — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

121 games
0244974995377143582607436579462625516767160742708434495910+ScoredAllowed
Avg Runs Trend
0.00.50.91.41.912345678910+Avg. ScoredAvg. Allowed
Runs 495Runs Allowed 600

Cubs — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

124 games
0265278104688315378264553587745369557836496676350839309101510+ScoredAllowed
Avg Runs Trend
0.00.50.91.41.912345678910+Avg. ScoredAvg. Allowed
Runs 514Runs Allowed 606
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Each team is ranked separately: #1–#3 mark the top three scoring rates and allowing rates.

TeamItem12345678910+
RoyalsR22% 27/12120% 24/121#231% 37/121#331% 37/12131% 37/12123% 28/121#133% 40/12124% 28/11729% 26/9067% 4/6
RA31% 38/12127% 33/12131% 38/121#136% 44/12133% 40/12131% 37/12122% 27/120#234% 40/117#334% 30/8867% 4/6
CubsR#329% 36/12426% 32/124#132% 40/124#231% 39/12423% 29/12426% 32/12424% 29/12326% 32/12124% 23/9570% 7/10
RA28% 35/12427% 33/12429% 36/124#232% 40/124#330% 37/124#134% 42/12425% 31/12417% 20/12119% 16/8690% 9/10

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.