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Wednesday · August 12 · 6:40 pm ✦

GUARDIANS @ TIGERS

Comerica Park. · 79 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 9 mph r to l

Final

GUARDIANS 6
Tigers 4

Our Pick

CLEVELAND GUARDIANS, narrowly

✓ Correct

Projected: 4–4 Cleveland Guardians · Actual: 6–4 Guardians

52%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Guardians Tigers Projected Result
Baseline Detroit Tigers 49% 51% 4–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Cleveland Guardians 51% 49% 3–4 ✓
Platoon-weighted Detroit Tigers 49% 51% 4–4 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Cleveland Guardians 64% 36% 4–3 ✓
Logistic Cleveland Guardians 58% 42% — ✓
Random Forest Detroit Tigers 29% 71% — ✗
Consensus Cleveland Guardians 52% 48% 4–4 ✓
3 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Guardians this season

78–81

49% across 159 games

Tigers this season

95–58

62% across 153 games