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Friday · September 4 · 6:40 pm ✦

BRAVES @ PHILLIES

Citizens Bank Park. · 87 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 8 mph out to cf

Final

BRAVES 5
Phillies 2

Our Pick

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 Philadelphia Phillies · Actual: 5–2 Braves

50%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Braves Phillies Projected Result
Baseline Philadelphia Phillies 49% 51% 4–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Philadelphia Phillies 47% 53% 3–3 ✗
Platoon-weighted Atlanta Braves 53% 47% 5–5 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon Atlanta Braves 64% 36% 4–3 ✓
Logistic Philadelphia Phillies 47% 53% — ✗
Random Forest Philadelphia Phillies 35% 65% — ✗
Consensus Philadelphia Phillies 50% 50% 4–4 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Platoon-weighted and Pitcher + Platoon caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Braves this season

86–76

53% across 162 games

Phillies this season

94–64

59% across 158 games