Final score: Dodgers 9–3 Athletics ·Engine pick: Los Angeles Dodgers to win ✓ Correct
Graded 2026-07-01 13:00:16 · engine mlb-sim-1.0.
Cyan is the model’s favourite, red the underdog.
Oldest on the left, most recent on the right — hover any result for the opponent and score.
| Dodgers | Athletics | |
|---|---|---|
| Record | 69-46 | 45-69 |
| Win % | .600 | .395 |
| Division | NL West | AL West |
| Division rank | 1st | 4th |
| Games back | - | 13.0 |
| Last 10 | 2-8 | 1-9 |
| Streak | L6 | L7 |
| Home record | 33-23 | 21-36 |
| Away record | 36-23 | 24-33 |
| Runs scored/gm | 5.08 | 4.32 |
| Runs allowed/gm | 3.86 | 5.69 |
| Run differential | +140 | -156 |
The engine makes Los Angeles Dodgers a 62.5% pick to win — a clear edge by baseball standards, where anything past 60% is a strong statement. Baseball punishes certainty: the best team in the league still loses roughly four nights in ten. It is filed as solid, the second tier — the inputs agree, but not emphatically.
Dodgers come in 8-2 over their last 10, scoring 5.60 and conceding 3.40 runs a game. Athletics are 3-7 in their last 10 at 3.50 scored and 4.80 allowed, on 3 straight losses. Dodgers arrive in the better shape, though ten games is a short window and form is weighted lightly here.
On the mound it is Justin Wrobleski for Dodgers against Jeffrey Springs for Athletics — the largest single input on this page. One start moves a baseball projection further than a full lineup change would, which is why the engine waits for both probables before scoring a game.
Season run differential reads +140 for Dodgers and -156 for Athletics. Per game that is 5.08 scored against 3.86 allowed, versus 4.32 and 5.69. Dodgers are clearly the better side on the season — and differential is a more honest measure than record, because it survives the luck in one-run games.
Athletics are 21-36 at home, Dodgers 36-23 on the road. Home advantage in baseball is real but small — historically worth something near 54%, not the lopsided edge it carries elsewhere — so the splits inform this projection without dominating it. The ballpark matters more than the venue: run environment varies more between parks than between lineups.
The projected total is 10.2 runs — a game that should breathe. Through the first five innings, before the bullpens take over, it favours Dodgers at 56%. Model and de-vigged market land within a couple of points of each other, which is a calibration check passed rather than an opportunity found — worth saying plainly.
This pick was published before first pitch and graded against the final score above — right or wrong, it stays on the page.
8th Day Engine · mlb-sim-1.0
Modelled probabilities from a deterministic engine, not betting advice. Every pick is published before the game and graded after it on the accuracy page.