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Monday · April 27 · 6:40 pm ✦

CARDINALS @ PIRATES

PNC Park. · 72 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 13 mph in from rf

Final

CARDINALS 4
Pirates 2

Our Pick

PITTSBURGH PIRATES, narrowly

✗ Wrong

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

52%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Cardinals Pirates Projected Result
Baseline Pittsburgh Pirates 40% 60% 3–4
Pitcher-weighted St. Louis Cardinals 53% 47% 3–3
Platoon-weighted Pittsburgh Pirates 38% 62% 3–4
Pitcher + Platoon Pittsburgh Pirates 40% 60% 3–4
Logistic Pittsburgh Pirates 47% 53%
Random Forest St. Louis Cardinals 64% 36%
Consensus Pittsburgh Pirates 48% 52% 3–4
2 of 6 sims got it right — Pitcher-weighted and 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