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Friday · September 18 · 6:40 pm ✦

CUBS @ REDS

Great American Ball Park. · 80 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 10 mph l to r

Final

Cubs 4
REDS 6

Our Pick

CHICAGO CUBS

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–3 Chicago Cubs · Actual: 4–6 Reds

56%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Cubs Reds Projected Result
Baseline Chicago Cubs 62% 38% 4–3 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Chicago Cubs 53% 47% 4–3 ✗
Platoon-weighted Chicago Cubs 58% 42% 4–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Chicago Cubs 55% 45% 4–3 ✗
Logistic Chicago Cubs 52% 48% — ✗
Random Forest Chicago Cubs 64% 36% — ✗
Consensus Chicago Cubs 56% 44% 4–3 ✗
None of the 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Cubs this season

77–80

49% across 157 games

Reds this season

82–73

53% across 155 games