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Monday · August 24 ✦

PIRATES @ PADRES

Petco Park.

Final

PIRATES 3
Padres 2

Our Pick

PITTSBURGH PIRATES, narrowly

✓ Correct

Projected: 4–4 Pittsburgh Pirates · Actual: 3–2 Pirates

52%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Pirates Padres Projected Result
Baseline Pittsburgh Pirates 55% 45% 5–4 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Pittsburgh Pirates 60% 40% 4–3 ✓
Platoon-weighted Pittsburgh Pirates 56% 44% 4–4 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon San Diego Padres 49% 51% 4–4 ✗
Logistic San Diego Padres 48% 52% — ✗
Random Forest San Diego Padres 40% 60% — ✗
Consensus Pittsburgh Pirates 52% 48% 4–4 ✓
3 of 6 sims got it right.

— 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