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Saturday · August 8 · 4:15 pm ✦

TIGERS @ GIANTS

Oracle Park. · 66 degrees, sunny, wind 10 mph out to cf

Final

TIGERS 8
Giants 0

Our Pick

DETROIT TIGERS

✓ Correct

Projected: 4–3 Detroit Tigers · Actual: 8–0 Tigers

57%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Tigers Giants Projected Result
Baseline Detroit Tigers 58% 42% 4–3 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Detroit Tigers 55% 45% 4–3 ✓
Platoon-weighted Detroit Tigers 65% 35% 4–3 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon Detroit Tigers 60% 40% 4–3 ✓
Logistic San Francisco Giants 49% 51% — ✗
Random Forest Detroit Tigers 57% 43% — ✓
Consensus Detroit Tigers 57% 43% 4–3 ✓
5 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Tigers this season

95–58

62% across 153 games

Giants this season

89–65

58% across 154 games