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Tuesday · September 8 · 6:45 pm ✦

CARDINALS @ GIANTS

Oracle Park. · 69 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 12 mph out to cf

Final

Cardinals 1
GIANTS 2

Our Pick

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–3 St. Louis Cardinals · Actual: 1–2 Giants

55%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Cardinals Giants Projected Result
Baseline San Francisco Giants 49% 51% 3–3 ✓
Pitcher-weighted St. Louis Cardinals 62% 38% 3–3 ✗
Platoon-weighted St. Louis Cardinals 58% 42% 4–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon St. Louis Cardinals 64% 36% 3–2 ✗
Logistic San Francisco Giants 48% 52% — ✓
Random Forest St. Louis Cardinals 52% 48% — ✗
Consensus St. Louis Cardinals 55% 45% 4–3 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Baseline and Logistic caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Cardinals this season

89–66

57% across 155 games

Giants this season

89–65

58% across 154 games