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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.4
Cubs scoring tendency
35%
Own scoring 25%
Opponent allowing 45%
Royals scoring tendency
22%
Own scoring 25%
Opponent allowing 20%
Sustained highCombined vs league +3pp
#2
Inn.1
Cubs scoring tendency
30%
Own scoring 45%
Opponent allowing 15%
Royals scoring tendency
25%
Own scoring 25%
Opponent allowing 25%
Short-term swingCombined vs league -4pp
#3
Inn.8
Cubs scoring tendency
32%
Own scoring 35%
Opponent allowing 30%
Royals scoring tendency
22%
Own scoring 25%
Opponent allowing 20%
Sustained highCombined vs league +0pp

Innings 1–9 scoring tendencies

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

Cubs offense × Royals defense
35%R 25% · RA 45%
Royals offense × Cubs defense
22%R 25% · RA 20%
Sample 20Combined vs league +3pp
Last 20 57% · Season 60% · -3pp

Game phases

1–3 Early
52%
-2pp
4–6 Middle
49%
-6pp
7–9 Late
52%
-1pp
F5 first five
52%
-2pp
F9 full game
51%
-3pp
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Cubs — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

117 games
0255075100614917254261583656646059580616734276368848289181410+ScoredAllowed
Avg Runs Trend
0.00.30.60.91.212345678910+Avg. ScoredAvg. Allowed
Runs 601Runs Allowed 499

Royals — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

117 games
024487297637714164238583686044870566526596275066835659161510+ScoredAllowed
Avg Runs Trend
0.00.50.91.41.812345678910+Avg. ScoredAvg. Allowed
Runs 484Runs Allowed 589
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Each team is ranked separately: #1–#3 mark the top three scoring rates and allowing rates.

TeamItem12345678910+
CubsR26% 30/11730% 35/11725% 29/11729% 34/11726% 31/117#133% 39/11730% 35/117#232% 38/117#330% 28/9372% 13/18
RA22% 26/11726% 31/117#228% 33/117#328% 33/11727% 32/11727% 32/11722% 26/117#131% 36/11720% 19/9544% 8/18
RoyalsR#330% 35/11722% 26/11721% 24/117#132% 38/11723% 27/117#232% 37/11726% 31/11726% 30/11726% 24/9464% 7/11
RA#331% 36/11729% 34/11720% 23/11731% 36/11731% 36/11721% 24/11731% 36/117#132% 38/117#231% 27/8673% 8/11

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.