Scoring Analysis

Final

2021-10-0108:10Kauffman Stadium

Guardians

Away

6-1

Royals

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Guardians	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	6	9	0
Royals	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	2

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

40%

Own scoring 35%

Opponent allowing 45%

Royals scoring tendency

52%

Own scoring 60%

Opponent allowing 45%

Sustained highCombined vs league +34pp

Inn.8

Guardians scoring tendency

39%

Own scoring 50%

Opponent allowing 28%

Royals scoring tendency

41%

Own scoring 39%

Opponent allowing 43%

Sustained highCombined vs league +26pp

Inn.3

Guardians scoring tendency

35%

Own scoring 35%

Opponent allowing 35%

Royals scoring tendency

30%

Own scoring 30%

Opponent allowing 30%

Sustained highCombined vs league +9pp

Innings 1–9 scoring tendencies

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

Guardians offense × Royals defense

40%R 35% · RA 45%

Royals offense × Guardians defense

52%R 60% · RA 45%

Sample 20Combined vs league +34pp

Last 20 92% · Season 62% · +30pp

Game phases

1–3 Early

68%

+13pp

4–6 Middle

56%

-1pp

7–9 Late

60%

+7pp

F5 first five

64%

+8pp

F9 full game

61%

+6pp

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Guardians — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

158 games

Avg Runs Trend

Runs 694Runs Allowed 713

Royals — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

158 games

Avg Runs Trend

Runs 671Runs Allowed 765

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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	#330% 48/158	25% 39/158	28% 45/158	28% 44/158	26% 41/158	#136% 57/158	25% 39/156	#233% 47/144	24% 27/112	47% 8/17
Guardians	RA	#332% 51/158	31% 49/158	#233% 52/158	#135% 55/158	26% 41/158	23% 36/158	28% 44/155	22% 31/144	25% 28/114	47% 8/17
Royals	R	28% 44/158	21% 33/158	#331% 49/158	#232% 50/158	31% 49/158	24% 38/158	#133% 52/158	26% 39/152	29% 34/119	50% 7/14
Royals	RA	#134% 54/158	26% 41/158	#332% 51/158	32% 51/158	#234% 54/158	28% 44/158	24% 38/157	32% 49/152	30% 34/115	57% 8/14

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.