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Thursday's Games
| Away | Score | Home | Score | Status | National | GDTs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF | PIT | 12:35 | ||||
| SEA | NYY | 12:35 | ||||
| TEX | PHI | 1:05 | TEX | |||
| SD | CIN | 1:10 | ||||
| ATL | CHC | 2:20 | ||||
| COL | OAK | 3:37 | ||||
| TOR | DET | 6:40 | ||||
| BAL | CWS | 7:40 |
All game times are Eastern. Updated 5/23 at 6:40 AM
This Week's Schedule (all times Eastern)
| Day | Feature |
|---|---|
| Sunday 5/19 | Game Thread: ESPN Sunday Night Baseball: Padres @ Braves at 7:10pm EST |
| Monday 5/20 | r/baseball Power Rankings |
| Tuesday 5/21 | State of the Baseball Subreddits |
| Wednesday 5/22 | No subreddit features planned |
| Thursday 5/23 | Division Discussion Thread: The Wests |
| Friday 5/24 | Friday Trash Talk Thread |
| Saturday 5/25 | No subreddit features planned |
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##Excitement and Tension Scores for 5/22/2024
**Excitement Score** is the sum of squares of [Win Probability Added (WPA)](https://www.mlb.com/glossary/advanced-stats/win-probability-added) of each at-bat as defined by Baseball Reference. Exciting plays scale exponentially, so a WPA change of 5% is worth 25 points of excitement score, but a WPA change of 50% is worth 2500 points.
**Tension Score** measures the average distance that each team is away from a 50% Win Probability throughout the game. The lower that average, the higher the tension score. The scale for Tension Score is 0-100, where 100 is the most tense game.
**Excitement Score** is better at measuring wild swings and lead changes, while **Tension Score** is better at measuring how close a game was throughout its duration.
Matchup|Excitement Score|Tension Score
—|—|—
[Colorado Rockies vs Oakland Athletics](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK202405220.shtml)|7922|61
[San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT202405220.shtml)|3915|52
[Baltimore Orioles vs St. Louis Cardinals](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN202405220.shtml)|3635|53
[New York Mets vs Cleveland Guardians](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE202405220.shtml)|2611|49
[Minnesota Twins vs Washington Nationals](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WAS/WAS202405220.shtml)|2106|64
[Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TBA/TBA202405220.shtml)|1948|39
[Los Angeles Angels vs Houston Astros](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU202405220.shtml)|1614|74
[Texas Rangers vs Philadelphia Phillies](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI202405220.shtml)|1491|43
[Arizona Diamondbacks vs Los Angeles Dodgers](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN202405220.shtml)|1335|52
[San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN202405220.shtml)|1118|46
[Milwaukee Brewers vs Miami Marlins](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIA/MIA202405220.shtml)|809|60
[Seattle Mariners vs New York Yankees](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA202405220.shtml)|799|29
[Atlanta Braves vs Chicago Cubs](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN202405220.shtml)|796|45
[Chicago White Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR202405220.shtml)|777|22
[Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/KCA/KCA202405220.shtml)|728|34
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##Season & Weekly Stats
***Top Excitement Scores — Last 7 days***
Score|Matchup|Date
—|—|—
8793|[New York Mets vs Philadelphia Phillies](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI202405160.shtml)|2024-05-16
7922|[Colorado Rockies vs Oakland Athletics](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/OAK/OAK202405220.shtml)|2024-05-22
6580|[Washington Nationals vs Philadelphia Phillies](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI202405180.shtml)|2024-05-18
***Top Tension Scores — Last 7 days***
Score|Matchup|Date
—|—|—
89|[Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN202405180.shtml)|2024-05-18
81|[Atlanta Braves vs Chicago Cubs](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN202405210.shtml)|2024-05-21
79|[Cincinnati Reds vs Los Angeles Dodgers](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN202405190.shtml)|2024-05-19
***Top Excitement Scores — Season***
Score|Matchup|Date
—|—|—
12762|[Cleveland Guardians vs Houston Astros](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU202404300.shtml)|2024-04-30
11700|[Los Angeles Angels vs Tampa Bay Rays](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TBA/TBA202404160.shtml)|2024-04-16
10086|[Chicago Cubs vs Arizona Diamondbacks](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ARI/ARI202404160.shtml)|2024-04-16
***Top Tension Scores — Season***
Score|Matchup|Date
—|—|—
89|[Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN202405180.shtml)|2024-05-18
88|[Miami Marlins vs Detroit Tigers](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET202405140.shtml)|2024-05-14
87|[Colorado Rockies vs Pittsburgh Pirates](https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT202405040.shtml)|2024-05-04