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Wednesday · September 2 · 1:38 PM ✦

ATHLETICS @ RANGERS

Globe Life Field. · 74 degrees, roof closed, wind 0 mph none

Final

ATHLETICS 9
Rangers 2

Our Pick

TEXAS RANGERS

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–3 Texas Rangers · Actual: 9–2 Athletics

55%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Athletics Rangers Projected Result
Baseline Texas Rangers 33% 67% 3–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Texas Rangers 44% 56% 3–3 ✗
Platoon-weighted Texas Rangers 49% 51% 3–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Texas Rangers 44% 56% 3–3 ✗
Logistic Texas Rangers 46% 54% — ✗
Random Forest Athletics 63% 37% — ✓
Consensus Texas Rangers 45% 55% 3–3 ✗
1 of 6 sims got it right — Random Forest caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Athletics this season

92–64

59% across 156 games

Rangers this season

87–68

56% across 155 games