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Saturday · August 15 · 7:10 pm ✦

PADRES @ GUARDIANS

Progressive Field. · 81 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 8 mph l to r

Final

Padres 1
GUARDIANS 6

Our Pick

SAN DIEGO PADRES, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–3 San Diego Padres · Actual: 1–6 Guardians

52%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Padres Guardians Projected Result
Baseline San Diego Padres 56% 44% 4–4
Pitcher-weighted San Diego Padres 55% 45% 3–3
Platoon-weighted San Diego Padres 58% 42% 4–3
Pitcher + Platoon Cleveland Guardians 47% 53% 4–4
Logistic San Diego Padres 53% 47%
Random Forest Cleveland Guardians 34% 66%
Consensus San Diego Padres 52% 48% 4–3
2 of 6 sims got it right — Pitcher + Platoon and Random Forest caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Padres this season

75–46

62% across 121 games

Guardians this season

60–62

49% across 122 games