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Friday · May 8 · 6:41 PM ✦

TIGERS @ ROYALS

Kauffman Stadium. · 64 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 0 mph calm

Final

Tigers 3
ROYALS 4

Our Pick

DETROIT TIGERS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

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

52%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Tigers Royals Projected Result
Baseline Detroit Tigers 56% 44% 3–3
Pitcher-weighted Detroit Tigers 56% 44% 4–4
Platoon-weighted Detroit Tigers 51% 49% 4–3
Pitcher + Platoon Detroit Tigers 55% 45% 3–3
Logistic Kansas City Royals 49% 51%
Random Forest Kansas City Royals 47% 53%
Consensus Detroit Tigers 52% 48% 4–3
2 of 6 sims got it right — Logistic and Random Forest caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Tigers this season

31–13

70% across 44 games

Royals this season

22–23

49% across 45 games