In the “picture is worth a thousand words” department, the following graph shows the probability that each team will win at each moment of the game:

Of course, this picture is pretty good too:

Source for win probabilities (and more explanation available at): Fangraphs.

H/t for the photo to Grantland.

Joshua Tucker is a professor of politics at New York University with an affiliate appointment in the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies and New York University-Abu Dhabi. His major field is comparative politics with an emphasis on mass politics, including elections and voting, the development of partisan attachment, public-opinion formation, and political protest.