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Tuesday · August 18 · 6:40 pm ✦

GIANTS @ GUARDIANS

Progressive Field. · 79 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 6 mph in from lf

Final

Giants 1
GUARDIANS 8

Our Pick

CLEVELAND GUARDIANS

✓ Correct

Projected: 3–3 Cleveland Guardians · Actual: 1–8 Guardians

57%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Giants Guardians Projected Result
Baseline Cleveland Guardians 47% 53% 3–3
Pitcher-weighted Cleveland Guardians 42% 58% 3–3
Platoon-weighted Cleveland Guardians 40% 60% 3–3
Pitcher + Platoon Cleveland Guardians 33% 67% 3–4
Logistic Cleveland Guardians 47% 53%
Random Forest Cleveland Guardians 49% 51%
Consensus Cleveland Guardians 43% 57% 3–3
All 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Giants this season

72–49

60% across 121 games

Guardians this season

60–62

49% across 122 games