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Sunday · August 16 · 1:40 PM ✦

WHITE SOX @ TIGERS

Comerica Park. · 80 degrees, overcast, wind 5 mph r to l

Final

WHITE SOX 7
Tigers 5

Our Pick

DETROIT TIGERS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 Detroit Tigers · Actual: 7–5 White Sox

53%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick White Sox Tigers Projected Result
Baseline Detroit Tigers 40% 60% 3–4
Pitcher-weighted Detroit Tigers 44% 56% 3–4
Platoon-weighted Chicago White Sox 53% 47% 4–5
Pitcher + Platoon Detroit Tigers 42% 58% 4–5
Logistic Chicago White Sox 56% 44%
Random Forest Detroit Tigers 42% 58%
Consensus Detroit Tigers 47% 53% 4–4
2 of 6 sims got it right — Platoon-weighted and Logistic caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

White Sox this season

60–61

50% across 121 games

Tigers this season

75–45

62% across 120 games