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Wednesday · September 16 · 6:41 PM ✦

BREWERS @ PIRATES

PNC Park. · 83 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 4 mph calm

Final

BREWERS 5
Pirates 4

Our Pick

PITTSBURGH PIRATES, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–3 Pittsburgh Pirates · Actual: 5–4 Brewers

54%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Brewers Pirates Projected Result
Baseline Milwaukee Brewers 53% 47% 4–3 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Milwaukee Brewers 56% 44% 4–3 ✓
Platoon-weighted Pittsburgh Pirates 38% 62% 3–4 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Pittsburgh Pirates 44% 56% 3–4 ✗
Logistic Pittsburgh Pirates 45% 55% — ✗
Random Forest Pittsburgh Pirates 37% 63% — ✗
Consensus Pittsburgh Pirates 46% 54% 3–3 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Baseline and Pitcher-weighted caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Brewers this season

92–67

58% across 159 games

Pirates this season

85–70

55% across 155 games