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Thursday · July 9 · 12:37 PM ✦

BRAVES @ PIRATES

PNC Park. · 82 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 7 mph out to lf

Final

BRAVES 10
Pirates 5

Our Pick

ATLANTA BRAVES, narrowly

✓ Correct

Projected: 4–4 Atlanta Braves · Actual: 10–5 Braves

50%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Braves Pirates Projected Result
Baseline Pittsburgh Pirates 44% 56% 3–5 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Atlanta Braves 56% 44% 4–4 ✓
Platoon-weighted Atlanta Braves 53% 47% 5–5 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon Atlanta Braves 51% 49% 4–4 ✓
Logistic Atlanta Braves 54% 46% — ✓
Random Forest Pittsburgh Pirates 38% 62% — ✗
Consensus Atlanta Braves 50% 50% 4–4 ✓
4 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Braves this season

86–76

53% across 162 games

Pirates this season

85–70

55% across 155 games