Los Angeles Dodgers at Colorado Rockies, 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 COL.
Game center
From the ESPN box score.
Top performers
Dodgers- Kyle TuckerBatting3-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI
- Emmet SheehanPitching5.0 IP, 2 ER, 4 K
Rockies- Troy JohnstonBatting3-4, 2 RBI
- Ryan FeltnerPitching5.2 IP, 2 ER, 5 K
Scoring summary
- 6Johnston doubled to center, Goodman scored and Tovar scored.3–4
- 2Karros hit sacrifice fly to right, Johnston scored.3–2
- 2Rushing homered to right (371 feet).3–1
- 1Rumfield singled to center, Moniak scored.2–1
- 1Tucker homered to right center (435 feet), Ohtani scored.2–0
The pick
Reconstructed from what was known before the game: the ratings at that point and the closing line.
Dodgers 71%
Forecast Elo ratings alone
How often that comes true: MLB favorites the forecast gave 70–75% have won 75.6% of 209 graded games.
- Market
- LAD 71%
- ML LAD -293 / COL +234
- Pre-line forecast
- LAD 70%
- Elo + market-implied
- Elo ratings
- LAD 72%
- Ratings vs. market
- +0.9 pts
- LAD: Elo 72.3%, market 71.3%
- Fair odds
- LAD -249
- COL +249 · the forecast as odds, no margin
- Pregame projection
- LAD 6.3 – 4.2 COL
- Margin from the forecast, posted total 10.5
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 | LAD | COL | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team rating | 1569 | 1403 | Elo entering the game; 1500 is league average |
| Home field | — | +18 | Worth 18 Elo in MLB |
| Starting pitchers | +6 | −12 | LAD: Emmet Sheehan: team allows 0.28 fewer runs than with its usual starter (≈9 weighted starts) · COL: Ryan Feltner: team allows 0.61 more runs than with its usual starter (≈10 weighted starts) |
| Elo ratings | LAD +166 Elo | LAD 72.3% | |
| Market-implied ratings | LAD 69.7% | Team strength as past closing lines priced it, same game context | |
| Pre-line forecast | LAD 70.1% | 15% Elo, 85% market-implied (log-odds blend) | |
| Forecast | LAD 71.3% | 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.
| LAD | Stat | COL |
|---|---|---|
| 1st of 305.9 | Runs scored | 3.823rd of 30 |
| 2nd of 303.2 | Runs allowed | 4.516th of 30 |
| 1st of 30+2.7 | Margin | −0.721st of 30 |
| 1st of 308–2 | Last 10 | 3–723rd of 30 |
| 1st of 306–1 | Road vs home | 4–316th of 30 |
| 19th of 301495 | Opponent Elo | 15088th of 30 |
| 1st of 301569 | Elo rating | 140330th 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 |  LAD |  COL |
|---|---|---|
| Run line | 11–8 | 12–8 |
| Last 10 | 6–4 | 4–6 |
| Favorite | 11–8 | — |
| Underdog | — | 12–8 |
| Overs–unders | 8–10–1 | 7–13 |
| Overs–unders, last 10 | 4–6 | 4–6 |
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
LAD 32–8 COL in their last 40 meetings; the forecast called 32 of 40.