Scoring Analysis

Final

2021-09-0308:10Kauffman Stadium

Guardians

Away

4-2

Royals

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Guardians	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	4	8	1
Royals	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	1

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.1

Guardians scoring tendency

38%

Own scoring 35%

Opponent allowing 40%

Royals scoring tendency

32%

Own scoring 30%

Opponent allowing 35%

Sustained highCombined vs league +12pp

Inn.5

Guardians scoring tendency

40%

Own scoring 45%

Opponent allowing 35%

Royals scoring tendency

28%

Own scoring 25%

Opponent allowing 30%

Sustained highCombined vs league +11pp

Inn.4

Guardians scoring tendency

25%

Own scoring 25%

Opponent allowing 25%

Royals scoring tendency

38%

Own scoring 40%

Opponent allowing 35%

Sustained highCombined vs league +6pp

Innings 1–9 scoring tendencies

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

Guardians offense × Royals defense

38%R 35% · RA 40%

Royals offense × Guardians defense

32%R 30% · RA 35%

Sample 20Combined vs league +12pp

Last 20 70% · Season 59% · +11pp

Game phases

1–3 Early

56%

+1pp

4–6 Middle

61%

+4pp

7–9 Late

51%

-1pp

F5 first five

60%

+4pp

F9 full game

56%

+1pp

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Guardians — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

130 games

Avg Runs Trend

Runs 581Runs Allowed 589

Royals — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

132 games

Avg Runs Trend

Runs 546Runs Allowed 643

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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+
Guardians	R	#331% 40/130	27% 35/130	28% 36/130	28% 37/130	25% 33/130	#139% 51/130	24% 31/128	#231% 38/122	23% 22/94	47% 8/17
Guardians	RA	#331% 40/130	31% 40/130	#235% 45/130	#137% 48/130	26% 34/130	21% 27/130	27% 34/128	20% 24/122	26% 25/96	47% 8/17
Royals	R	23% 31/132	21% 28/132	30% 39/132	#231% 41/132	#330% 40/132	23% 31/132	#134% 45/132	23% 30/128	28% 28/101	50% 6/12
Royals	RA	33% 43/132	26% 34/132	31% 41/132	#135% 46/132	#233% 44/132	30% 39/132	24% 32/131	#333% 42/128	32% 31/97	67% 8/12

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.