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Saturday · August 15 · 7:15 pm ✦

RED SOX @ PIRATES

PNC Park. · 80 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 5 mph in from rf

Final

RED SOX 4
Pirates 0

Our Pick

PITTSBURGH PIRATES

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 Pittsburgh Pirates · Actual: 4–0 Red Sox

55%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Red Sox Pirates Projected Result
Baseline Pittsburgh Pirates 49% 51% 4–4
Pitcher-weighted Pittsburgh Pirates 49% 51% 4–4
Platoon-weighted Pittsburgh Pirates 38% 62% 3–4
Pitcher + Platoon Pittsburgh Pirates 47% 53% 4–4
Logistic Pittsburgh Pirates 49% 51%
Random Forest Pittsburgh Pirates 34% 66%
Consensus Pittsburgh Pirates 45% 55% 4–4
None of the 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Red Sox this season

66–56

54% across 122 games

Pirates this season

67–56

54% across 123 games