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Monday · September 7 · 1:10 PM ✦

CUBS @ BREWERS

American Family Field. · 78 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 10 mph in from cf

Final

Cubs 3
BREWERS 4

Our Pick

CHICAGO CUBS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–3 Chicago Cubs · Actual: 3–4 Brewers

53%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Cubs Brewers Projected Result
Baseline Chicago Cubs 64% 36% 4–3 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Milwaukee Brewers 38% 62% 3–4 ✓
Platoon-weighted Chicago Cubs 64% 36% 5–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Chicago Cubs 62% 38% 4–4 ✗
Logistic Chicago Cubs 51% 49% — ✗
Random Forest Milwaukee Brewers 35% 65% — ✓
Consensus Chicago Cubs 53% 47% 4–3 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Pitcher-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