Miami Marlins at San Diego Padres, 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 SD.
Game center
From the ESPN box score.
Top performers
Marlins- Javier SanojaBatting1-3, 1 HR, 3 RBI
- Sandy AlcantaraPitching6.0 IP, 4 ER, 3 K
Padres- Jake CronenworthBatting3-4, 2 HR, 5 RBI
- Walker BuehlerPitching6.2 IP, 3 ER, 6 K
Scoring summary
- 8Cronenworth homered to right center (391 feet), Bogaerts scored.3–7
- 7Tatis Jr. homered to center (406 feet).3–5
- 7Sanoja homered to left center (403 feet), Hernández scored and Marsee scored.3–4
- 4Taylor doubled to left, Cronenworth scored.0–4
- 4Cronenworth doubled to center, Merrill scored.0–3
- 2Cronenworth homered to right (335 feet), Bogaerts scored.0–2
The pick
Reconstructed from what was known before the game: the ratings at that point and the closing line.
Padres 58%
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
- SD 58%
- ML MIA +129 / SD -156
- Pre-line forecast
- SD 59%
- Elo + market-implied
- Elo ratings
- SD 58%
- Ratings vs. market
- −0.6 pts
- SD: Elo 57.7%, market 58.3%
- Fair odds
- SD -140
- MIA +140 · the forecast as odds, no margin
- Pregame projection
- MIA 3.6 – 4.4 SD
- Margin from the forecast, posted total 8
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 | MIA | SD | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team rating | 1491 | 1533 | Elo entering the game; 1500 is league average |
| Home field | — | +18 | Worth 18 Elo in MLB |
| Starting pitchers | +2 | −4 | MIA: Sandy Alcantara: team allows 0.11 fewer runs than with its usual starter (≈10 weighted starts) · SD: Walker Buehler: team allows 0.19 more runs than with its usual starter (≈10 weighted starts) |
| Elo ratings | SD +54 Elo | SD 57.7% | |
| Market-implied ratings | SD 58.7% | Team strength as past closing lines priced it, same game context | |
| Pre-line forecast | SD 58.5% | 15% Elo, 85% market-implied (log-odds blend) | |
| Forecast | SD 58.3% | 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.
| MIA | Stat | SD |
|---|---|---|
| 16th of 304.4 | Runs scored | 4.419th of 30 |
| 16th of 304.4 | Runs allowed | 4.29th of 30 |
| 15th of 300.0 | Margin | +0.210th of 30 |
| 16th of 304–6 | Last 10 | 9–11st of 30 |
| 25th of 3031–46 | Road vs home | 48–295th of 30 |
| 10th of 301502 | Opponent Elo | 149624th of 30 |
| 19th of 301491 | Elo rating | 15339th 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 |  MIA |  SD |
|---|---|---|
| Run line | 77–78 | 79–76 |
| Last 10 | 6–4 | 6–4 |
| Favorite | 29–37 | 31–51 |
| Underdog | 48–41 | 48–25 |
| Overs–unders | 79–72–4 | 71–78–6 |
| Overs–unders, last 10 | 7–3 | 9–0–1 |
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
MIA 7–16 SD in their last 23 meetings; the forecast called 12 of 23.