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Milwaukee Brewers at Kansas City Royals

MLBregular • 2026 Season
completed
Royals logo
Royals
Kansas City
5
vs
Brewers logo
Brewers
Milwaukee
8
KC 55%45% MIL
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

Kansas City Royals 55% to win. The biggest signal favoring Royals:

  • Home Field Advantage. Base home field advantage applied (no detailed stats available)

What would change the call

Win probability as of kickoff if a leading factor were even

  • If the home-field edge were neutral: KC 52% (−3)

Win probability movement

KC home win probability as the model updated before the game

Home win probability movement61%55%50%Apr 2Apr 5

Labels mark updates of 5 points or more, named by the factor that moved most.

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VenueKauffman Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri

Team Comparison

Head-to-head snapshot based on our model inputs

Brewers (away)
Royals (home)
45%
Win probability
55%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Brewers defeated the Royals 8-5.

Our model predicted the Royals would win with 55% confidence, but the Brewers won against the model's expectation. Results like this help us refine the model.

Looking at the factors our model weighed:

  • Home Field Advantage favored the Royals and was a notable factor: Base home field advantage applied (no detailed stats available)
  • Offensive Efficiency was neutral and a contributing factor: No offensive stats available for comparison
  • Defensive Efficiency was neutral and a contributing factor: No defensive stats available for comparison

This analysis was generated from our model's pre-game assessment compared against the actual result. Factor accuracy helps improve future predictions.

Brewers won 5-8

Brewers won in a close game

Prediction IncorrectWe predicted Royals at 55%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

  • Home Field AdvantageFavors Kansas City Royals
  • Offensive EfficiencyNeutral
  • Defensive EfficiencyNeutral
  • Head to HeadNeutral
  • Recent FormNeutral
  • InjuriesNeutral
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What's Driving This Game

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

MIL
KC
Home Field Advantage
Favours MIL|Favours KC

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Model vs. Market

Comparing our model against market-implied probabilities

Royals

Our Model55%

Brewers

Our Model45%

Understanding the win probability calculation

1 factor not shown (insufficient data)

Model version: 1.0.0 • Calculated: 4/5/2026, 8:45:00 AM

Key Players

Brewers

Dustin MaySP
Robert GasserSP
Brandon SproatSP
Coleman CrowSP
Shane DrohanSP

Royals

Noah CameronSP
Seth LugoSP
Michael WachaSP
Stephen KolekSP
Randy DobnakSP

Learn About Our Analysis

Learn about the factors behind our predictions

Frequently Asked Questions

Royals has a 55% win probability, while Brewers has a 45% win probability based on our analysis.

Our model considers weather conditions, offensive and defensive efficiency, rest days, injury impact, and historical performance.

This game is being played at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.

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