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Tuesday · July 28 · 6:45 pm ✦

CUBS @ CARDINALS

Busch Stadium. · 91 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 7 mph in from lf

Final

CUBS 10
Cardinals 2

Our Pick

CHICAGO CUBS, narrowly

✓ Correct

Projected: 4–3 Chicago Cubs · Actual: 10–2 Cubs

52%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Cubs Cardinals Projected Result
Baseline Chicago Cubs 55% 45% 4–3
Pitcher-weighted Chicago Cubs 53% 47% 4–3
Platoon-weighted St. Louis Cardinals 47% 53% 3–4
Pitcher + Platoon Chicago Cubs 62% 38% 4–3
Logistic St. Louis Cardinals 48% 52%
Random Forest St. Louis Cardinals 44% 56%
Consensus Chicago Cubs 52% 48% 4–3
3 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Cubs this season

60–63

49% across 123 games

Cardinals this season

69–55

56% across 124 games