New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB forecast
Win probability
Starts from the pregame forecast, then moves with the score and the time left after each inning. Above the line favors LAD.
Game center
From the ESPN box score.
Top performers
Mets- Pete AlonsoBatting3-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI
- David PetersonPitching7.0 IP, 3 ER, 6 K
Dodgers- Will SmithBatting2-4, 2 RBI
- Landon KnackPitching3.1 IP, 4 ER, 1 K
Scoring summary
- 8Conforto singled to left, Pages scored, Freeman to third.5–6
- 8Pages grounded into fielder's choice to third, Smith scored on throwing error by third baseman Baty.5–5
- 8Smith doubled to left, Betts scored.5–4
- 8Alonso singled to right, Marte scored, Soto to third.5–3
- 3T. Hernández grounded into fielder's choice to second, Betts scored, Smith out at second.4–3
- 3Smith singled to left, Ohtani scored, Betts to third.4–2
- 3Betts doubled to center, Rojas scored, Ohtani to third.4–1
- 3Baty hit sacrifice fly to left, Alonso scored.4–0
- 3Marte homered to left (371 feet).3–0
- 3Nimmo homered to center (386 feet).2–0
- 2Alonso homered to right center (408 feet).1–0
The pick
Reconstructed from what was known before the game: the ratings at that point and the closing line.
Dodgers 55%
Forecast Elo ratings alone
How often that comes true: MLB favorites the forecast gave 55–60% have won 55.5% of 2,596 graded games.
- Market
- LAD 55%
- ML NYM +115 / LAD -135
- Pre-line forecast
- LAD 53%
- Elo + market-implied
- Elo ratings
- LAD 55%
- Ratings vs. market
- −0.4 pts
- LAD: Elo 54.8%, market 55.3%
- Fair odds
- LAD -124
- NYM +124 · the forecast as odds, no margin
- Pregame projection
- NYM 4.5 – 5.0 LAD
- Margin from the forecast, posted total 9.5
How the number is built
Elo inputs in rating points (higher favors that team; 25–28 Elo is about a point of spread in football and basketball), then how the pieces combine.
| Factor | NYM | LAD | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team rating | 1545 | 1560 | Elo entering the game; 1500 is league average |
| Home field | — | +18 | Worth 18 Elo in MLB |
| Starting pitchers | +1 | +2 | NYM: David Peterson: team allows 0.04 fewer runs than with its usual starter (≈10 weighted starts) · LAD: Landon Knack: team allows 0.09 fewer runs than with its usual starter (≈8 weighted starts) |
| Elo ratings | LAD +34 Elo | LAD 54.8% | |
| Market-implied ratings | LAD 53.3% | Team strength as past closing lines priced it, same game context | |
| Pre-line forecast | LAD 53.5% | 15% Elo, 85% market-implied (log-odds blend) | |
| Forecast | LAD 55.3% | Follows the market (vig removed): in testing, adding the ratings made it less accurate | |
Tale of the tape
This season coming into the game, regular season, each number with its league rank (the longer the bar, the higher). Home and road: the host's record at home against the visitor's on the road. Opponent Elo: how strong the teams each has played are, 1st the toughest.
| NYM | Stat | LAD |
|---|---|---|
| 11th of 304.4 | Runs scored | 5.72nd of 30 |
| 1st of 303.3 | Runs allowed | 4.522nd of 30 |
| 5th of 30+1.2 | Margin | +1.24th of 30 |
| 2nd of 308–2 | Last 10 | 5–513th of 30 |
| 11th of 3015–16 | Road vs home | 22–116th of 30 |
| 24th of 301495 | Opponent Elo | 150014th of 30 |
| 4th of 301545 | Elo rating | 15601st of 30 |
Rating history
Each team's Elo over the last two seasons. Hover or drag to compare on any date.
Recent form
Last five results, and whether the forecast hit.
Against the line
How each team has done against the closing spread and total, coming into this game.
| This season |  NYM |  LAD |
|---|---|---|
| Run line | 31–31 | 30–32 |
| Last 10 | 6–4 | 4–6 |
| Favorite | 18–26 | 21–29 |
| Underdog | 13–5 | 9–3 |
| Overs–unders | 22–40 | 36–26 |
| Overs–unders, last 10 | 4–6 | 7–3 |
Against each game's closing line. Books set every line knowing these records: across 3,901 past games, the team with the better record against the spread so far that season covered 51.2%, short of the 52.4% a standard −110 bet needs, and over/under streaks held 48.0% of the time. They describe the past.
Head to head
NYM 11–13 LAD in their last 24 meetings; the forecast called 12 of 24.
- Jun 4NYM 6 @ LAD 1Picked LAD 57%Miss
- Jun 3NYM 5 @ LAD 6Picked LAD 57%Hit
- Jun 2NYM 4 @ LAD 3Picked LAD 59%Miss
- May 25LAD 1 @ NYM 3Picked NYM 51%Hit
- May 24LAD 2 @ NYM 5Picked NYM 52%Hit
- May 23LAD 7 @ NYM 5Picked NYM 52%Miss
- Oct 20NYM 5 @ LAD 10PlayoffsPicked LAD 58%Hit
- Oct 18LAD 6 @ NYM 12PlayoffsPicked LAD 52%Miss