MLB · 2026
Los Angeles Dodgers1st NL West - .598 pct vSat 22 Aug, 7:15 PM EDT Pittsburgh Pirates4th NL Central - .488 pct
Match resultDodgers 62%Pittsburgh 38%
What this game means
The two ways this game can go. Pick a result to see where it leaves every race each club is in.
At projected kickoff, this game is expected to move their regular-season chances by 0% on average. The result scenarios below are conditional on today's forecast cutoff, showing where each result leads from this forecast.
The result is worth up to 1 point in the Playoffs race.
Los Angeles Dodgers
Playoffsmagic number 27>99%
Division99%
Pennantseason odds26%
World Seriesseason odds15%
Byeseason odds83%
Pittsburgh Pirates
Playoffs1%
Dodgers winPlayoffsPittsburgh Pirates1%<1%▼ -1
Pittsburgh winPlayoffsPittsburgh Pirates1%1%±0
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
NL Central · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-LPCTGB
1MilwaukeeDivision90%78-49.614-2CubsDivision10%74-54.5784.54PittsburghDivision<1%63-66.48816NL West · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-LPCTGB
1DodgersDivision99%76-51.598-2San DiegoDivision1%68-60.5318.53ArizonaDivision<1%67-61.5239.5The wild card · top 6 in the National League qualify