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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.1
White Sox scoring tendency
43%
Own scoring 45%
Opponent allowing 40%
Cubs scoring tendency
35%
Own scoring 30%
Opponent allowing 40%
Heating upCombined vs league +19pp
#2
Inn.6
White Sox scoring tendency
32%
Own scoring 45%
Opponent allowing 20%
Cubs scoring tendency
30%
Own scoring 35%
Opponent allowing 25%
Sustained highCombined vs league +9pp
#3
Inn.8
White Sox scoring tendency
30%
Own scoring 30%
Opponent allowing 30%
Cubs scoring tendency
30%
Own scoring 40%
Opponent allowing 20%
Sustained highCombined vs league +5pp

Innings 1–9 scoring tendencies

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

White Sox offense × Cubs defense
43%R 45% · RA 40%
Cubs offense × White Sox defense
35%R 30% · RA 40%
Sample 20Combined vs league +19pp
Last 20 78% · Season 58% · +20pp

Game phases

1–3 Early
61%
+7pp
4–6 Middle
58%
+3pp
7–9 Late
50%
-2pp
F5 first five
58%
+4pp
F9 full game
56%
+2pp
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White Sox — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

123 games
0285786115747415451292493477948071557606705475053849309212610+ScoredAllowed
Avg Runs Trend
0.00.30.71.01.412345678910+Avg. ScoredAvg. Allowed
Runs 594Runs Allowed 547

Cubs — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

125 games
0295887117625717659266593717646568593656764476974849299181410+ScoredAllowed
Avg Runs Trend
0.00.30.60.91.212345678910+Avg. ScoredAvg. Allowed
Runs 645Runs Allowed 545
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Each team is ranked separately: #1–#3 mark the top three scoring rates and allowing rates.

TeamItem12345678910+
White SoxR#233% 41/12321% 26/123#134% 42/12320% 25/123#328% 35/12328% 34/12327% 33/12323% 28/12328% 27/9567% 16/24
RA#133% 41/12320% 24/12325% 31/123#233% 41/123#328% 34/12326% 32/12328% 34/12324% 29/12317% 16/9475% 18/24
CubsR25% 31/125#330% 37/12526% 32/12530% 37/12526% 33/125#135% 44/12529% 36/125#234% 42/12529% 29/10072% 13/18
RA24% 30/125#328% 35/12527% 34/125#230% 37/12528% 35/12527% 34/12522% 27/125#132% 40/12520% 20/10144% 8/18

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.