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Sunday · August 9 · 1:06 PM ✦

TIGERS @ GIANTS

Oracle Park. · 70 degrees, sunny, wind 7 mph out to cf

Final

TIGERS 3
Giants 1

Our Pick

DETROIT TIGERS

✓ Correct

Projected: 5–3 Detroit Tigers · Actual: 3–1 Tigers

61%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Tigers Giants Projected Result
Baseline Detroit Tigers 65% 35% 5–3
Pitcher-weighted Detroit Tigers 73% 27% 5–3
Platoon-weighted Detroit Tigers 64% 36% 5–4
Pitcher + Platoon Detroit Tigers 65% 35% 4–3
Logistic San Francisco Giants 47% 53%
Random Forest Detroit Tigers 52% 48%
Consensus Detroit Tigers 61% 39% 5–3
5 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Tigers this season

75–46

62% across 121 games

Giants this season

72–50

59% across 122 games