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Wednesday · September 23 · 6:40 pm ✦

WHITE SOX @ ROYALS

Kauffman Stadium. · 73 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 9 mph in from rf

Final

White Sox 4
ROYALS 5

Our Pick

CHICAGO WHITE SOX, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 Chicago White Sox · Actual: 4–5 Royals

51%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick White Sox Royals Projected Result
Baseline Kansas City Royals 35% 65% 3–4 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Kansas City Royals 49% 51% 4–3 ✓
Platoon-weighted Chicago White Sox 62% 38% 4–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Chicago White Sox 56% 44% 3–3 ✗
Logistic Chicago White Sox 59% 41% — ✗
Random Forest Kansas City Royals 37% 63% — ✓
Consensus Chicago White Sox 51% 49% 4–4 ✗
3 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

White Sox this season

81–81

50% across 162 games

Royals this season

78–77

50% across 155 games