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2026-06-2008:15Kauffman Stadium
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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.5
Cardinals scoring tendency
50%
Own scoring 55%
Opponent allowing 45%
Royals scoring tendency
35%
Own scoring 30%
Opponent allowing 40%
Sustained highCombined vs league +28pp
#2
Inn.1
Cardinals scoring tendency
43%
Own scoring 45%
Opponent allowing 40%
Royals scoring tendency
38%
Own scoring 45%
Opponent allowing 30%
Sustained highCombined vs league +20pp
#3
Inn.4
Cardinals scoring tendency
38%
Own scoring 40%
Opponent allowing 35%
Royals scoring tendency
35%
Own scoring 35%
Opponent allowing 35%
Sustained highCombined vs league +18pp

Innings 1–9 scoring tendencies

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

Cardinals offense × Royals defense
50%R 55% · RA 45%
Royals offense × Cardinals defense
35%R 30% · RA 40%
Sample 20Combined vs league +28pp
Last 20 85% · Season 60% · +25pp

Game phases

1–3 Early
54%
+0pp
4–6 Middle
72%
+16pp
7–9 Late
57%
+5pp
F5 first five
64%
+9pp
F9 full game
61%
+7pp
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Cardinals — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

73 games
01530456040401222624114332454484754038638257404681742914610+ScoredAllowed
Avg Runs Trend
0.00.40.71.11.512345678910+Avg. ScoredAvg. Allowed
Runs 332Runs Allowed 329

Royals — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

76 games
017345169395512638222293473442541551306394273035824429121210+ScoredAllowed
Avg Runs Trend
0.00.40.81.11.512345678910+Avg. ScoredAvg. Allowed
Runs 315Runs Allowed 358
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Each team is ranked separately: #1–#3 mark the top three scoring rates and allowing rates.

TeamItem12345678910+
CardinalsR30% 22/7319% 14/73#332% 23/7329% 21/73#134% 25/7326% 19/7327% 20/73#234% 25/7318% 10/5667% 8/12
RA33% 24/7319% 14/7312% 9/73#334% 25/73#137% 27/7334% 25/7322% 16/7332% 23/73#236% 21/5950% 6/12
RoyalsR#329% 22/7621% 16/7617% 13/76#232% 24/7620% 15/76#134% 26/7629% 22/7626% 20/7626% 16/6160% 6/10
RA#132% 24/7630% 23/7621% 16/7626% 20/7629% 22/7620% 15/76#232% 24/76#332% 24/7631% 18/5870% 7/10

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.