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Tuesday · June 9 · 6:40 pm ✦

RANGERS @ ROYALS

Kauffman Stadium. · 89 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 14 mph out to lf

Final

Rangers 3
ROYALS 5

Our Pick

TEXAS RANGERS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 Texas Rangers · Actual: 3–5 Royals

52%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Rangers Royals Projected Result
Baseline Kansas City Royals 49% 51% 3–4 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Texas Rangers 53% 47% 3–3 ✗
Platoon-weighted Texas Rangers 56% 44% 4–4 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Texas Rangers 53% 47% 4–4 ✗
Logistic Kansas City Royals 49% 51% — ✓
Random Forest Texas Rangers 53% 47% — ✗
Consensus Texas Rangers 52% 48% 4–4 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Baseline and Logistic caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Rangers this season

87–68

56% across 155 games

Royals this season

78–77

50% across 155 games