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Saturday · September 19 · 4:10 PM ✦

RED SOX @ RAYS

Tropicana Field. · 72 degrees, dome, wind 0 mph none

Final

Red Sox 1
RAYS 2

Our Pick

BOSTON RED SOX, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–3 Boston Red Sox · Actual: 1–2 Rays

52%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Red Sox Rays Projected Result
Baseline Boston Red Sox 60% 40% 4–3 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Boston Red Sox 53% 47% 4–3 ✗
Platoon-weighted Boston Red Sox 56% 44% 4–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Boston Red Sox 53% 47% 4–3 ✗
Logistic Boston Red Sox 51% 49% — ✗
Random Forest Tampa Bay Rays 34% 66% — ✓
Consensus Boston Red Sox 52% 48% 4–3 ✗
1 of 6 sims got it right — Random Forest caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Red Sox this season

85–72

54% across 157 games

Rays this season

78–80

49% across 158 games