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Wednesday · September 9 · 6:40 pm ✦

CUBS @ BREWERS

American Family Field. · 78 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 8 mph out to lf

Final

Cubs 6
BREWERS 8

Our Pick

CHICAGO CUBS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 Chicago Cubs · Actual: 6–8 Brewers

51%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Cubs Brewers Projected Result
Baseline Chicago Cubs 53% 47% 4–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Chicago Cubs 51% 49% 3–4 ✗
Platoon-weighted Milwaukee Brewers 49% 51% 4–4 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon Chicago Cubs 55% 45% 4–4 ✗
Logistic Chicago Cubs 53% 47% — ✗
Random Forest Milwaukee Brewers 44% 56% — ✓
Consensus Chicago Cubs 51% 49% 4–4 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Platoon-weighted and Random Forest caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Cubs this season

77–80

49% across 157 games

Brewers this season

92–67

58% across 159 games