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Saturday · August 22 · 6:15 pm ✦

TIGERS @ ROYALS

Kauffman Stadium. · 84 degrees, clear, wind 6 mph in from cf

Final

Tigers 1
ROYALS 3

Our Pick

DETROIT TIGERS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 Detroit Tigers · Actual: 1–3 Royals

52%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Tigers Royals Projected Result
Baseline Detroit Tigers 60% 40% 4–3 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Kansas City Royals 38% 62% 3–4 ✓
Platoon-weighted Detroit Tigers 53% 47% 4–4 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Detroit Tigers 60% 40% 4–3 ✗
Logistic Detroit Tigers 54% 46% — ✗
Random Forest Kansas City Royals 41% 59% — ✓
Consensus Detroit Tigers 52% 48% 4–4 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Pitcher-weighted and Random Forest caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Tigers this season

95–58

62% across 153 games

Royals this season

78–77

50% across 155 games