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Saturday · August 8 · 6:45 pm ✦

REDS @ NATIONALS

Nationals Park. · 89 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 8 mph out to rf

Final

Reds 2
NATIONALS 8

Our Pick

CINCINNATI REDS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–3 Cincinnati Reds · Actual: 2–8 Nationals

54%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Reds Nationals Projected Result
Baseline Cincinnati Reds 55% 45% 3–3
Pitcher-weighted Cincinnati Reds 65% 35% 3–2
Platoon-weighted Cincinnati Reds 62% 38% 4–3
Pitcher + Platoon Washington Nationals 47% 53% 3–3
Logistic Washington Nationals 45% 55%
Random Forest Cincinnati Reds 53% 47%
Consensus Cincinnati Reds 54% 46% 3–3
2 of 6 sims got it right — Pitcher + Platoon and Logistic caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Reds this season

64–59

52% across 123 games

Nationals this season

68–56

55% across 124 games