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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
Pirates scoring tendency
20%
Own scoring 20%
Opponent allowing 20%
Cardinals scoring tendency
42%
Own scoring 35%
Opponent allowing 50%
Sustained highCombined vs league +6pp
#2
Inn.1
Pirates scoring tendency
25%
Own scoring 25%
Opponent allowing 25%
Cardinals scoring tendency
35%
Own scoring 40%
Opponent allowing 30%
Short-term swingCombined vs league +1pp
#3
Inn.6
Pirates scoring tendency
30%
Own scoring 15%
Opponent allowing 45%
Cardinals scoring tendency
28%
Own scoring 30%
Opponent allowing 25%
Sustained highCombined vs league +3pp

Innings 1–9 scoring tendencies

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

Pirates offense × Cardinals defense
20%R 20% · RA 20%
Cardinals offense × Pirates defense
42%R 35% · RA 50%
Sample 20Combined vs league +6pp
Last 20 62% · Season 62% · +0pp

Game phases

1–3 Early
50%
-4pp
4–6 Middle
57%
+2pp
7–9 Late
49%
-3pp
F5 first five
52%
-2pp
F9 full game
52%
-2pp
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Pirates — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

135 games
0275481108736017646269773687948186578626607678074853509192310+ScoredAllowed
Avg Runs Trend
0.00.30.60.81.112345678910+Avg. ScoredAvg. Allowed
Runs 657Runs Allowed 633

Cardinals — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

135 games
0255176102807014652265463646947972581776526276775847739191710+ScoredAllowed
Avg Runs Trend
0.00.30.71.01.312345678910+Avg. ScoredAvg. Allowed
Runs 600Runs Allowed 613
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Each team is ranked separately: #1–#3 mark the top three scoring rates and allowing rates.

TeamItem12345678910+
PiratesR#231% 42/13523% 31/13527% 36/13524% 33/135#132% 43/135#329% 39/13521% 28/13529% 39/13525% 26/10554% 14/26
RA24% 32/13521% 28/135#133% 45/135#332% 43/135#233% 44/13524% 33/13522% 30/13527% 37/13525% 26/10454% 14/26
CardinalsR#132% 43/13521% 28/13527% 37/13527% 36/135#330% 40/13530% 40/13520% 27/135#230% 41/13521% 23/10761% 11/18
RA27% 37/13520% 27/13519% 26/13528% 38/135#330% 41/135#232% 43/13525% 34/13530% 40/135#134% 37/11067% 12/18

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.