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Wednesday · April 29 ✦

CARDINALS @ PIRATES

PNC Park.

Final

CARDINALS 5
Pirates 4

Our Pick

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS, narrowly

✓ Correct

Projected: 3–3 St. Louis Cardinals · Actual: 5–4 Cardinals

51%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Cardinals Pirates Projected Result
Baseline Pittsburgh Pirates 47% 53% 3–4
Pitcher-weighted Pittsburgh Pirates 49% 51% 3–3
Platoon-weighted Pittsburgh Pirates 45% 55% 3–3
Pitcher + Platoon Pittsburgh Pirates 42% 58% 3–3
Logistic Pittsburgh Pirates 40% 60%
Random Forest St. Louis Cardinals 78% 22%
Consensus St. Louis Cardinals 51% 49% 3–3
1 of 6 sims got it right — Random Forest caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Cardinals this season

28–18

61% across 46 games

Pirates this season

26–21

55% across 47 games