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2026-09-2500:35PNC Park
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Scoring Analysis

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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

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.6
Cardinals scoring tendency
28%
Own scoring 25%
Opponent allowing 30%
Pirates scoring tendency
35%
Own scoring 35%
Opponent allowing 35%
Sustained highCombined vs league +8pp
#2
Inn.8
Cardinals scoring tendency
28%
Own scoring 35%
Opponent allowing 20%
Pirates scoring tendency
32%
Own scoring 40%
Opponent allowing 25%
Sustained highCombined vs league +5pp
#3
Inn.7
Cardinals scoring tendency
35%
Own scoring 30%
Opponent allowing 40%
Pirates scoring tendency
25%
Own scoring 25%
Opponent allowing 25%
Heating upCombined vs league +9pp

Innings 1–9 scoring tendencies

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

Cardinals offense × Pirates defense
28%R 25% · RA 30%
Pirates offense × Cardinals defense
35%R 35% · RA 35%
Sample 20Combined vs league +8pp
Last 20 62% · Season 58% · +5pp

Game phases

1–3 Early
55%
+0pp
4–6 Middle
52%
-2pp
7–9 Late
53%
+0pp
F5 first five
52%
-3pp
F9 full game
53%
-1pp
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Cardinals — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

158 games
0306192123848915758283643707349889591896637278085857849262710+ScoredAllowed
Avg Runs Trend
0.00.40.71.11.412345678910+Avg. ScoredAvg. Allowed
Runs 709Runs Allowed 730

Pirates — Inning Runs / Runs Allowed

158 games
0306192123856418958282903778849298590746709279185855509202510+ScoredAllowed
Avg Runs Trend
0.00.30.60.91.212345678910+Avg. ScoredAvg. Allowed
Runs 751Runs Allowed 724
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Each team is ranked separately: #1–#3 mark the top three scoring rates and allowing rates.

TeamItem12345678910+
STLR#330% 47/15822% 35/15829% 46/15825% 40/158#230% 48/15829% 46/15822% 34/158#131% 49/15823% 29/12567% 16/24
RA30% 48/15820% 32/15822% 34/15827% 42/158#331% 49/158#232% 50/15825% 40/15828% 45/158#133% 43/12975% 18/24
PITR#230% 48/15823% 37/15825% 40/15825% 40/158#132% 50/15829% 46/15822% 34/158#330% 47/15823% 28/12056% 15/27
RA23% 36/15821% 33/158#133% 52/158#330% 48/158#232% 51/15825% 40/15825% 39/15827% 42/15821% 26/12456% 15/27

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.