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Wednesday · August 26 · 1:11 PM ✦

PIRATES @ PADRES

Petco Park. · 82 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 9 mph l to r

Final

Pirates 0
PADRES 3

Our Pick

PITTSBURGH PIRATES, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 Pittsburgh Pirates · Actual: 0–3 Padres

54%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Pirates Padres Projected Result
Baseline Pittsburgh Pirates 55% 45% 3–3 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Pittsburgh Pirates 58% 42% 4–4 ✗
Platoon-weighted Pittsburgh Pirates 56% 44% 4–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Pittsburgh Pirates 58% 42% 5–4 ✗
Logistic Pittsburgh Pirates 56% 44% — ✗
Random Forest San Diego Padres 33% 67% — ✓
Consensus Pittsburgh Pirates 54% 46% 4–4 ✗
1 of 6 sims got it right — Random Forest caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Pirates this season

85–70

55% across 155 games

Padres this season

97–63

61% across 160 games