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Thursday · August 6 ✦

PIRATES @ BREWERS

American Family Field.

Final

Pirates 2
BREWERS 5

Our Pick

MILWAUKEE BREWERS, narrowly

✓ Correct

Projected: 4–3 Milwaukee Brewers · Actual: 2–5 Brewers

52%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Pirates Brewers Projected Result
Baseline Milwaukee Brewers 45% 55% 4–4
Pitcher-weighted Pittsburgh Pirates 53% 47% 3–3
Platoon-weighted Pittsburgh Pirates 65% 35% 5–3
Pitcher + Platoon Pittsburgh Pirates 58% 42% 4–3
Logistic Milwaukee Brewers 36% 64%
Random Forest Milwaukee Brewers 25% 75%
Consensus Milwaukee Brewers 48% 52% 4–3
3 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Pirates this season

68–56

55% across 124 games

Brewers this season

70–53

57% across 123 games