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Monday · May 18 · 7:23 PM ✦

GUARDIANS @ TIGERS

Comerica Park. · 75 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 12 mph out to lf

Final

GUARDIANS 8
Tigers 2

Our Pick

DETROIT TIGERS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 Detroit Tigers · Actual: 8–2 Guardians

51%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Guardians Tigers Projected Result
Baseline Cleveland Guardians 62% 38% 4–3
Pitcher-weighted Detroit Tigers 45% 55% 4–4
Platoon-weighted Detroit Tigers 47% 53% 4–4
Pitcher + Platoon Detroit Tigers 45% 55% 3–3
Logistic Detroit Tigers 49% 51%
Random Forest Detroit Tigers 46% 54%
Consensus Detroit Tigers 49% 51% 4–4
1 of 6 sims got it right — Baseline caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Guardians this season

22–24

48% across 46 games

Tigers this season

31–13

70% across 44 games