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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

47–38

55% across 85 games

Royals this season

43–43

50% across 86 games