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Tuesday · September 22 · 6:40 PM ✦

NATIONALS @ TIGERS

Comerica Park. · 64 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 7 mph l to r

Final

NATIONALS 3
Tigers 1

Our Pick

DETROIT TIGERS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

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

51%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Nationals Tigers Projected Result
Baseline Detroit Tigers 44% 56% 3–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Detroit Tigers 45% 55% 3–4 ✗
Platoon-weighted Detroit Tigers 45% 55% 3–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Washington Nationals 51% 49% 3–4 ✓
Logistic Washington Nationals 60% 40% — ✓
Random Forest Detroit Tigers 37% 63% — ✗
Consensus Detroit Tigers 49% 51% 3–4 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Pitcher + Platoon and Logistic caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Nationals this season

85–70

55% across 155 games

Tigers this season

95–58

62% across 153 games