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May 7th, Rockies vs Dodgers - Simulation

I used my simulator to simulate 100000 baseball games between the Rockies and the Dodgers using what to the best of my knowledge will be close to today's starting lineups. The simulator outputs a win probability for each team, along with the average total runs scored, a distribution matrix of all the final scores and how often they occurred, and an averaged box score tally of all games combined. You may find it strange that there are so many one run games listed as the most likely score, and that the home team is always favored to win in the top couple of scores. This is due to basic math and the way that baseball rules play out of having the home team bat last. Here is a great article explaining this phenomenon. Here are the latest Vegas MLB odds.

Today's Results... (Last simulation ran Thursday at 11:15 PM)

Visitors Home Pitching Matchup Favorite Vegas Win Prob Simulator Win Prob
COL LAN E.Rogers vs H.Kuroda LAN 62.12% 62.80%

Notes: Loss - Loss - Win - ???. An obvious pattern to me. What do you think? Get your game score guesses in before kinbote snatches up the correct score again.

Top 150 Most Likely Scores

1 LAN 3-2 &nbsp 51 COL 6-1 &nbsp 101 COL 10-5
2 LAN 4-3 &nbsp 52 COL 4-0 &nbsp 102 LAN 10-6
3 LAN 2-1 &nbsp 53 COL 7-5 &nbsp 103 LAN 11-0
4 LAN 3-1 &nbsp 54 COL 7-2 &nbsp 104 COL 8-0
5 LAN 5-4 &nbsp 55 COL 7-6 &nbsp 105 COL 9-8
6 COL 3-2 &nbsp 56 LAN 8-4 &nbsp 106 LAN 12-2
7 LAN 4-2 &nbsp 57 LAN 9-2 &nbsp 107 LAN 12-1
8 COL 4-3 &nbsp 58 LAN 8-0 &nbsp 108 LAN 10-7
9 LAN 4-1 &nbsp 59 LAN 9-1 &nbsp 109 COL 10-6
10 COL 2-1 &nbsp 60 LAN 8-7 &nbsp 110 LAN 11-5
11 LAN 5-2 &nbsp 61 LAN 8-5 &nbsp 111 LAN 12-3
12 LAN 5-3 &nbsp 62 LAN 9-3 &nbsp 112 COL 10-1
13 LAN 1-0 &nbsp 63 COL 8-4 &nbsp 113 COL 11-3
14 LAN 3-0 &nbsp 64 COL 5-0 &nbsp 114 COL 9-0
15 COL 4-2 &nbsp 65 COL 8-3 &nbsp 115 COL 10-7
16 COL 3-1 &nbsp 66 COL 8-2 &nbsp 116 COL 11-4
17 COL 5-4 &nbsp 67 COL 8-5 &nbsp 117 LAN 13-2
18 LAN 5-1 &nbsp 68 COL 7-1 &nbsp 118 LAN 12-0
19 LAN 2-0 &nbsp 69 LAN 9-4 &nbsp 119 LAN 12-4
20 LAN 6-5 &nbsp 70 LAN 8-6 &nbsp 120 COL 11-2
21 LAN 6-3 &nbsp 71 COL 6-0 &nbsp 121 LAN 10-9
22 COL 5-3 &nbsp 72 LAN 9-0 &nbsp 122 COL 11-6
23 LAN 4-0 &nbsp 73 COL 8-6 &nbsp 123 COL 11-5
24 LAN 6-2 &nbsp 74 LAN 10-1 &nbsp 124 LAN 11-6
25 LAN 6-1 &nbsp 75 LAN 10-2 &nbsp 125 COL 12-4
26 COL 5-2 &nbsp 76 LAN 10-3 &nbsp 126 COL 10-8
27 COL 4-1 &nbsp 77 COL 8-7 &nbsp 127 LAN 10-8
28 LAN 5-0 &nbsp 78 COL 8-1 &nbsp 128 COL 12-3
29 LAN 6-4 &nbsp 79 COL 9-3 &nbsp 129 COL 10-0
30 COL 1-0 &nbsp 80 COL 9-4 &nbsp 130 COL 11-1
31 LAN 7-2 &nbsp 81 COL 9-2 &nbsp 131 LAN 13-3
32 COL 2-0 &nbsp 82 LAN 9-6 &nbsp 132 LAN 13-1
33 COL 6-5 &nbsp 83 LAN 9-5 &nbsp 133 LAN 12-5
34 COL 6-3 &nbsp 84 COL 9-5 &nbsp 134 COL 11-7
35 LAN 7-1 &nbsp 85 LAN 10-4 &nbsp 135 LAN 13-0
36 COL 6-4 &nbsp 86 COL 7-0 &nbsp 136 COL 12-5
37 LAN 7-4 &nbsp 87 LAN 11-2 &nbsp 137 LAN 13-4
38 LAN 7-3 &nbsp 88 LAN 9-8 &nbsp 138 LAN 11-7
39 LAN 6-0 &nbsp 89 LAN 10-0 &nbsp 139 LAN 13-5
40 LAN 7-6 &nbsp 90 COL 9-6 &nbsp 140 LAN 12-6
41 COL 6-2 &nbsp 91 LAN 11-1 &nbsp 141 COL 12-1
42 COL 5-1 &nbsp 92 COL 9-1 &nbsp 142 COL 11-8
43 COL 3-0 &nbsp 93 COL 10-3 &nbsp 143 COL 10-9
44 LAN 8-2 &nbsp 94 LAN 10-5 &nbsp 144 COL 12-6
45 LAN 8-1 &nbsp 95 LAN 11-3 &nbsp 145 LAN 11-10
46 LAN 7-0 &nbsp 96 COL 9-7 &nbsp 146 COL 12-2
47 LAN 7-5 &nbsp 97 LAN 9-7 &nbsp 147 LAN 11-8
48 COL 7-3 &nbsp 98 COL 10-4 &nbsp 148 LAN 14-2
49 COL 7-4 &nbsp 99 COL 10-2 &nbsp 149 LAN 14-1
50 LAN 8-3 &nbsp 100 LAN 11-4 &nbsp 150 LAN 12-7

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