The Red Sox have yet to score in the 6th inning this season

[charlieoscar]

Through their first 17 games the Sox have outscored their opponents by one run, 69 to 68. The opponents have batted in one-half inning more than Boston but have confined their scoring to the first nine innings while the Sox have scored twice in extra-innings (6 runs total).

The opponents have scored early, getting 50% of their runs in the first three innings, 17 in the 1st, alone, while Boston has scored late with 30 runs in innings 7-9 (17 in the 8th). The Orioles scoring 6 in the first in one game helped push the opponents' lead in the opening innings to 34-17.

Even though the Red Sox haven't scored in the 6th inning, the middle innings are close to a wash with the opponents having a four run edge (24-20). But overall the club has been outscored over the first nine innings, 68-63.

 

[rlsb]

Last year it ended being the Red Sox best inning with 123 runs scored.

 

[dbn]

What does the league-wide distribution look like? I'd guess that the 6th is typically a good inning to score because the starter is getting tired or, if he's already out, it's the lesser bullpen arms that are usually in the game.

 

[iayork]

What does the league-wide distribution look like? I'd guess that the 6th is typically a good inning to score because the starter is getting tired or, if he's already out, it's the lesser bullpen arms that are usually in the game.

I haven't looked for this year, but here's how scoring per inning looked over time as of a couple of years ago. Sixth inning (the light blue bars here) often is a modest second peak.

 

[charlieoscar]

What does the league-wide distribution look like? I'd guess that the 6th is typically a good inning to score because the starter is getting tired or, if he's already out, it's the lesser bullpen arms that are usually in the game.

I just did the average runs scored for the first nine innings for all games from 2000 through 2015, As you can see, the 6th inning is the most productive one for the visiting team while it is second to the first inning for the home team. (I haven't updated my database of Retrosheet Game Logs with 2016 data, yet).

Vis Home Inn
0.541 0.637 1st
0.462 0.509 2nd
0.519 0.576 3rd
0.540 0.572 4th
0.527 0.575 5th
0.549 0.591 6th
0.507 0.544 7th
0.493 0.533 8th
0.460 0.429 9th

 

[dbn]

Thanks, iayork and charlieoscar.

 

[Devizier]

Seems like the Sox have struggled to score, period. They are on pace to score around 650 runs this season. I know WRC+ and other numbers look better, but it would be nice to see those borne out in runs.

 

[Reverend]

Seems like the Sox have struggled to score, period. They are on pace to score around 650 runs this season. I know WRC+ and other numbers look better, but it would be nice to see those borne out in runs.

What is the relationship between R and wRC+ over a season, on average?

 

[Devizier]

What is the relationship between R and wRC+ over a season, on average?

I don't know about average, but last year the coefficient of determination was 0.545; that's because WRC+ is obviously park adjusted whereas runs are not. Extreme cases like Colorado throw off the relationship. But generally you can assume that they'll follow. And the Red Sox should be a "beneficiary" (e.g. their runs scored should outpace their WRC+, all else being equal).

 

[edoug]

Well you jynxed that.