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MLB Deserve-to-Win
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Aug 17, 2026
Tigers
8
Final
Pirates
5
Simulated win probability — "deserved to win"Tigers 80% · tied 8% · Pirates 12%
How win probability is simulated
  • Win probability comes from resampling every batted ball thousands of times — using launch angle, exit velocity, and ballpark factors.
  • It's the simulator's view of who "deserved" to win, regardless of the actual scoreboard.

Team comparison

Both team bars grow from the same left edge, scaled within each row — longer is more.

Runs
8
5
Est. bases
16.0
11.2
Total bases
18
8
Home runs
1
0
Barrels
1
2
Walks/HBP
8
5
Strikeouts
8
11
GIDP
1
0
Stolen bases
0
0
Left on base
13
7
Errors
2
1

Deserved run flow by inning

By the end the Tigers lead on deserved runs by 3.2.

Pirates deserved lead ↑
-6-4-20+2-3.2-3
Tigers deserved lead ↓Through inning 1: deserved Tigers +0.7 (80% band -2.0 to 0.0) · this inning -0.7 deserved runs · actual Tigers +2Through inning 2: deserved Tigers +2.3 (80% band -5.0 to 0.0) · this inning -1.6 deserved runs · actual Tigers +4Through inning 3: deserved Tigers +3.0 (80% band -5.0 to -1.0) · this inning -0.6 deserved runs · actual Tigers +4Through inning 4: deserved Tigers +2.8 (80% band -5.0 to 0.0) · this inning +0.2 deserved runs · actual Tigers +4Through inning 5: deserved Tigers +3.2 (80% band -6.0 to 0.0) · this inning -0.5 deserved runs · actual Tigers +4Through inning 6: deserved Tigers +2.9 (80% band -7.0 to +1.0) · this inning +0.3 deserved runs · actual Tigers +3Through inning 7: deserved Tigers +2.3 (80% band -6.0 to +2.0) · this inning +0.6 deserved runs · actual Tigers +3Through inning 8: deserved Tigers +2.3 (80% band -6.0 to +2.0) · this inning +0.1 deserved runs · actual Tigers +3Through inning 9: deserved Tigers +3.2 (80% band -7.0 to +1.0) · this inning -1.0 deserved runs · actual Tigers +3123456789

Inning

Deserved (mean)ActualPirates sideTigers side
How to read this chart
How the simulated “deserved” run differential built up inning by inning — shaded bands show the middle 50% and 80% of simulations, the grey steps show what actually happened. It breaks the headline deserved margin down inning by inning, so the endpoint lands on the headline verdict.

Batting

Bases created

Total bases each batter created (estimated bases from batted balls, plus one per walk).

Tigers
Pirates
How to read this chart
Ranked top to bottom. Grouped by team, longest first.

Bases above replacement

Bases each hitter created beyond a freely-available bench bat.

How to read this chart
“Replacement” is the bench bat any team could call up for free, so the scale puts a pinch-hitter and a full-game starter side by side: it measures bases produced against that baseline in the same number of plate appearances, not raw totals.

Batting luck diagnostic

Each batter's net luck: actual bases minus the bases their contact deserved.

Tigers
Lucky
Unlucky
Pirates
Lucky
Unlucky
How to read this chart
“Deserved” is estimated bases — what contact like that usually earns, regardless of where it landed. Click a batter to see each ball and watch it on Baseball Savant.

Pitching

Bases given up

Total bases each pitcher allowed (estimated bases from balls in play, plus one per walk).

Tigers
Pirates
How to read this chart
Sorted most to least. Grouped by team, longest first.

Bases above replacement

Bases each pitcher prevented beyond a freely-available replacement arm.

How to read this chart
“Replacement” is the arm any team could call up for free, and the comparison accounts for the batters each pitcher actually faced. Starters and relievers are held to separate baselines, because a reliever’s inning is the easier job.

Pitching matchup

Each staff’s pitchers side by side.

How to read this chart
Hover or tap the ⓘ on any metric for what it means, or click a row to see the per-pitcher breakdown.

How each pitcher performed

Each pitch type graded in bases saved or cost vs. an average pitcher in the same counts.

Tigerspitching
Framber Valdez5.7 IP · 26 BF · 5 K · 4 BB
1.4 bases cost

The Curveball got hit — 4 balls in play worth 3.0 expected bases. His Four-Seamer did the damage prevention — 0.8 bases better than average on 8 pitches.

Four-Seamer8 thrown · 2 whiffs
−0.8 bases saved
Slider3 thrown (3% tonight, season 5%) · 1 whiff
+0.1 bases cost
Kyle Finnegan0.7 IP · 5 BF · 1 K · 1 BB
0.2 bases saved

The Four-Seamer got hit — 2 balls in play worth 1.1 expected bases. His Splitter did the damage prevention — 0.6 bases better than average on 11 pitches.

Slider4 thrown (15% tonight, season 15%) · 3 whiffs
−0.5 bases saved
Drew Sommers1.7 IP · 5 BF · 3 K · 0 BB
1.9 bases saved

His Four-Seamer did the damage prevention — 1.1 bases better than average on 8 pitches. 4 of his 7 whiffs came on the Four-Seamer.

Four-Seamer8 thrown (32% tonight, season 28%) · 4 whiffs
−1.1 bases saved
Slider7 thrown (28% tonight, season 24%) · 2 whiffs
−0.3 bases saved
Changeup1 thrown
+0.1 bases cost
Kenley Jansen1.0 IP · 3 BF · 2 K · 0 BB
0.7 bases saved

Faced only 3 batters.

Sinker1 thrown (13% tonight, season 7%)
−0.3 bases saved
Slider1 thrown (13% tonight, season 8%)
−0.1 bases saved
Piratespitching
Carmen Mlodzinski3.0 IP · 18 BF · 3 K · 1 BB
3.2 bases cost

The Four-Seamer got hit — 5 balls in play worth 3.5 expected bases. His Curveball did the damage prevention — 0.7 bases better than average on 12 pitches.

Isaac Mattson2.0 IP · 10 BF · 1 K · 2 BB
0.2 bases cost

About an average night — +0.2 bases vs average on 10 batters.

Changeup4 thrown (10% tonight, season 10%)
+0.1 bases cost
Yohan Ramírez1.0 IP · 8 BF · 0 K · 3 BB
0.9 bases cost

The Sweeper got hit — 1 ball in play worth 0.9 expected bases.

Kirby Yates1.0 IP · 3 BF · 1 K · 0 BB
1.3 bases saved

Faced only 3 batters. His Four-Seamer did the damage prevention — 1.2 bases better than average on 7 pitches.

Splitter1 thrown (13% tonight, season 32%)
−0.1 bases saved
Gregory Soto1.0 IP · 5 BF · 3 K · 0 BB
1.4 bases saved

About an average night — −1.4 bases vs average on 5 batters.

Slider7 thrown (47% tonight, season 28%) · 2 whiffs
−0.5 bases saved
Four-Seamer1 thrown (7% tonight, season 17%)
−0.5 bases saved
Sweeper1 thrown (7% tonight, season 17%)
−0.1 bases saved
Camilo Doval1.0 IP · 4 BF · 0 K · 1 BB
0.8 bases cost

The Slider got hit — 0 balls in play worth 0.0 expected bases.

Slider6 thrown (50% tonight, season 29%) · 1 whiff
+0.7 bases cost
Cutter1 thrown (8% tonight, season 28%)
−0.1 bases saved
Lg avg pitcher = 0
How to read this chart
  • Every pitch is scored against the league: throwing a strike (or getting a whiff or weak contact) beats the average outcome from that count; balls and hard contact fall short of it.
  • “Saved” means fewer expected bases than an average pitcher facing the same counts; “cost” means more. Contact is judged by estimated bases, not luck.
  • This grades every pitch against an average pitcher. The “Bases above replacement” board higher up compares the whole outing to a freely available fill-in arm instead, so its totals read a few bases friendlier — same outing, different question.
  • Click a pitch row to watch the balls hit against it.

Pitching luck diagnostic

Each pitcher's net luck on contact: deserved bases against minus what actually scored.

Tigers
Lucky
Pirates
Lucky
Unlucky
How to read this chart
“Deserved” is estimated bases on the opponents' contact. Unlucky means bloops and seeing-eye hits fell in; lucky means hard contact found gloves. Click a pitcher to see their biggest swings and watch them on Baseball Savant.

Player spotlight

Pick any player from this game to see what they actually did — every ball they hit, every pitch they saw or threw, and who they did damage against.

Where Kevin McGonigle hit it

Every ball Kevin McGonigle hit this game, where it landed.

325'404'320'
EBlowhigh

Cumulative bases through the game

Finished −0.5 bases behind deserved.

6 PA2 H0 BB0 HBP1 K104.6 mph Hardest hit

Total basesActual: 5Deserved: 5.5
PA 1 vs Carmen Mlodzinski: strikeoutPA 2 vs Carmen Mlodzinski: home run — 3.7 deserved basesPA 3 vs Isaac Mattson: out — 0.3 deserved basesPA 4 vs Yohan Ramírez: single — 0.9 deserved basesPA 5 vs Kirby Yates: out — 0.0 deserved basesPA 6 vs Camilo Doval: out — 0.6 deserved bases
K
How to read this chart
Every plate appearance, actual bases vs. what their contact deserved. Hover a column for that plate appearance.

Pitch mix

Share of pitches seen by type, and how much damage they did on contact.

Fastball61%

4.6 deserved bases on contact

Breaking39%

0.9 deserved bases on contact

Matchups vs pitchers

Actual vs. deserved bases against each opponent, biggest matchup first.

Carmen Mlodzinski
K
Actual
4.0
Deserved
3.7
Yohan Ramírez
Actual
1.0
Deserved
0.9
Camilo Doval
Actual
0.0
Deserved
0.6
Isaac Mattson
Actual
0.0
Deserved
0.3
Kirby Yates
Actual
0.0
Deserved
0.0
How to read this chart
The symbols beside each name are that matchup's plate appearances — BB walk, HBP hit by pitch, K strikeout, and a dot for a ball in play. Both bars share one scale across every row.

Batted balls

Every ball put in play in this game — where it landed and how many bases that kind of contact usually earns.

Where every ball landed

Every ball in play, split by team, on PNC Park.

Tigers32 BIP · 8 BB/HBP
325'404'320'
Pirates23 BIP · 5 BB/HBP
325'404'320'
EBlowhigh
Exit velosoft → hard
How to read this chart
Dot size scales with exit velocity; color shows estimated bases (EB), from pale slate (easy out) to dark teal (home-run territory). Tap a dot for its details, then use the Watch on Savant link to see the play. PNC Park — outfield wall drawn from real park dimensions.

The hardest-hit contact of the game, ranked by estimated bases.

How to read this table
Tap a row for exact outcome odds and a Savant video link, or show all batted balls to sort by any column and filter by team or player.

Run distribution information